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bulletChinafir  Cunninghamia lanceolata   Cupressaceae or Taxodiaceae

Needles are flat, shiny, sharply pointed, evergreen and about 3 inches long. Cones are woody and rosette-like. Bark is red-brown and fibrous. Chinafir is planted in the southeastern US but it can be messy with dead branches.

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