Visit an old church in the British Isles and you’ll most likely find an ancient yew in the yard, but across much of the more southern parts of Europe, the tree most strongly associated with churchyards and graveyards is the Italian cypress, Cupressus sempervirens. These can assume various shapes and forms, but their signature appearance in paintings is instantly recognisable; there is though a broader variety horizontalis that may pass unrecogni…
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