English: Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa' in the Morris Arboretum, Philadephia, PA, USA.
Accessioned in 1932. The squarrose juvenile-type foliage of this cultivar in the right of the photo sometimes reverts to the scale-like adult-type foliage in the left of the photo. Insert shows an awl for comparison to the juvenile awl-like needles.