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What is the difference between arborvitae and cypress?

1. Different families and genera

1. Platycladus orientalis: Platycladus orientalis belongs to the family Cupressaceae.

2. Cypress: Cupressus belongs to the family Cupressaceae of the order Coniferales.

2. Different morphological characteristics

1. Platycladus orientalis: Platycladus orientalis is a tree with a height of more than 20 meters and a diameter at breast height of 1 meter; the bark is thin, light gray-brown, and split into strips. branches extend upward or diagonally, the crown of young trees is ovate and spire-shaped, while the crown of old trees is broadly rounded; the small branches with scale leaves are thin, extend straight upward or diagonally, are flat, and are arranged in a plane.

2. Cypress: tree, 35 meters high, 2 meters in diameter at breast height; bark is light brown-gray, split into narrow strips; branchlets are slender and drooping, and branchlets with scaly leaves are flat and arranged in a plane , biaxially shaped, green, about 1 mm wide, older branchlets cylindrical, dark brown purple, slightly shiny.

3. Different distributions

1. Platycladus orientalis: distributed in southern Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, northern Guangdong and northern Guangxi and other provinces and regions. It is cultivated in Deqing, Dazi and other places in Tibet.

2. Cypress: widely distributed, produced in Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, western Hubei, northern and western Sichuan east of Daxiangling, eastern and central Guizhou, northern Guangdong, northern Guangxi, Yunnan Southeastern and central provinces and regions; Sichuan, western Hubei, and Guizhou are the most cultivated and grow vigorously; it is cultivated in Nanjing, Jiangsu and other places.

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