• Calocedrus decurrens the incense cedar

Branches in a flat plane. Leaves appressed with internodes +longer>wide, giving goblet shaped margins. Three parted seed cone, bursting from ovoid to distinctly splayed.

• Thuja plicata the western red cedar

Branches in a flat plane.Has butterfly stomata, on underside of tightly appressed leaves. Internodes having ~length=width. Seed cone many parted, rose bud shape.

• Chamaeycyparis lawsoniana the Port Orford cedar

Branches in a flat plane. Leaves much as T. plicata, but with faint X shaped stomata. Seed cones many parted and basically round.

• Cupressus cyprus

Branches with radial insertion. Leaves very appressed, scale like, evergreen. Seed cone woody and brown, opening to disperse seeds by wind. Trees monocious.

• Juniperus juniper

Branches with radial insertion. Leaves scaly in mature foliage, awl like in immature foliage, all appressed. Seed cone "eco-berry" with waxy blue green fleshy texture, animal dispersed. Trees diocious.