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"is a large, bizarre-looking evergreen, The scale-like leaves are dark green, stiff, sharp-pointed and densely arranged on upwardly-sweeping branches, looking more reptilian than coniferous in character. Because of this it comes to no surprise to most people that this species is estimated to be around 60 million years old, based upon fossil record known today.It forms a loose, symmetrical, see-through crown, pyramidal in youth, eventually with a rounded or flattish top.
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