Some kind of conifer...

[MimosaGroveMexia]

So my mom gave me some type of half-dead, baby Christmas tree her neighbor brought over after the holiday.
I haven't a clue what it is, so wondering if anyone can help me with the ID so I can give it the correct care (it may be already dead since the woman had it inside the last week or so). It's about 6-7 inches tall and the foliage is soft (compared to a pine or ERC). There's some browning to the tips & it was so root bound it wouldn't stay in the pot, so I went ahead and stuck it in a colander with my standard DE/calcined clay blend I use for everything.
Hopefully it'll pull through, though if not, at least I tried.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Juniper of some sort? Keep outdoors or will be dead with certainty.

 

[BonsaiNaga13]

Looks like cryptomeria japonica to me

 

[Wires_Guy_wires]

I believe its not a juniper.
Might be a false cypress of sorts, but it sure doesn't look like any of the juvenile junipers I've seen.

 

[0soyoung]

Looks like a chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard' (boulevard cypress).

 

[M. Frary]

Good guesses,all.
I'm going with good old foemina.?

 

[MimosaGroveMexia]

Thanks, everyone! I am not super familiar with the different types of junipers, but the foliage is much softer than the typical, nursery junipers I have seen around here. I'm going to Google all of your guesses to see if I can find a match.

For now I just stuck it in the colander with my soil blend & buried the colander about 3/4 deep in the bed where I keep my conifers (except the Norfolks). It'll probably hang out there for a year or two until I remember to evaluate it for training. If it doesn't make a good candidate it will go out in the back pasture with the other rejects ?.

In my years of gardening I've never had a big interest in conifers until I saw all of the great specimens on here. There's a small learning curve but it's been fun figuring out the specifics of conifer growing. ?
Have a great one!