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The Cypress
Cypress close to a Church in Provence
Form: column or pyramidal.
Maximum height: 30 to 40 metres.
Maximum age: 1000 years.
Appearance and colour of trunk: bark with slight fissures. Grayish-brown.
Leaves: needles closely bunched, without odour even when crushed. Dark green.
Country of origin: Greece, Crete, Asia Minor.
Fruit: small, round cone with 10-14 scales.
Utilisation: alignement trees (windbreak hedges) and ornament.


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