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My GF's mom has a tree in her yard I can't identify. From a distance it looks like a pine:



but up close it doesn't have needles, those are small scaly branches:



My guess is it's non-native, probably Japanese, as the gardener who designed / did the landscaping was Japanese.

Any idea what it is called?

Edit to add: it's in the LA basin at the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains if that says something about climate.