leatherback wrote:

Auk wrote: If you don't like removing old needles, don't get a squamata. I know, I do have one. .

Neither of those is sqamata nor communis.
One is ittoigawa. The other I am not sure. It is a species that mixes needles with scale.

I know. I was just giving advice not to get a squamata

my juniperus rigida's needles hurt whether they are dry or not lol. so i have to prepare myself before working on it lol