Pencil Pine Cypress, Cupressus sempervirens

Pencil Pine Cypress is an evergreen conifer with a very narrow, pencil-shaped crown. Pencil Pine Cypress is native to southern Europe and western and commonly called Italian cypress which belongs to the Cupressaceae family.Cupressus sempervirens is a medium-sized coniferous evergreen tree.

They can grow remarkably tall, slender, almost pencil shaped. The leaves are needle-like and dark green at all times of the year. The young trees can sometimes be mistaken for Morpankhi. The main difference is that Morphankhi has all leaves and branchlets in one plane