Editing Conifer cone (section)

===Cupressaceae===
Members of the [[cupressaceae|cypress family]] ([[cupressus|cypresses]], [[thuja|arborvitae]], [[juniper]]s, [[Sequoia sempervirens|redwoods]], etc.) differ in that the bract and seed scales are fully fused, with the bract visible as no more than a small lump or spine on the scale. The botanical term [[galbulus]] (plural galbuli; from the [[Latin]] for a cypress cone) is sometimes used instead of strobilus for members of this family. The female cones have one to 20 ovules on each scale. They often have peltate scales, as opposed to the imbricate cones described above, though some have imbricate scales. The cones are usually small, {{convert|0.3|–|6|cm|in|abbr=in|disp=or|frac=32}} long, and often spherical or nearly so, like those of [[Nootka cypress]], while others, such as [[western redcedar]] and [[California incense-cedar]], are narrow. The scales are arranged either spirally, or in decussate whorls of two (opposite pairs) or three, rarely four. The genera with spiral scale arrangement were often treated in a separate family (Taxodiaceae) in the past. In most of the genera, the cones are woody and the seeds have two narrow wings (one along each side of the seed), but in three genera (''[[Platycladus]], [[Microbiota (plant)|Microbiota]]'' and ''[[Juniperus]]''), the seeds are wingless, and in ''Juniperus'', the cones are fleshy and [[Berry (botany)|berry]]-like (known as {{linktext|galbuli}}).
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File:Sequoiadendron giganteum MHNT.BOT.2004.0.191.jpg|[[Sequoiadendron giganteum|Giant sequoia]] cones
File:Cupressus nootkatensis 43603.jpg|Spherical cone of Nootka cypress (''Cupressus nootkatensis'')
File:Calocedrus decurrens MHNT.BOT.2004.0.810.jpg|Long slender cones and winged seeds of California incense-cedar (''Calocedrus decurrens'')
File:Platycladus orientalis MHNT.BOT.2007.52.7.jpg|Cones and wingless seeds of [[Chinese arborvitae]] (''Platycladus orientalis'')
File:Juniperus_communis_cones.jpg|Berry-like cones of [[common juniper]] (''Juniperus communis'')
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