"From everything I've read and heard, I totally agree with Edward.  Be nice to your neighbors, but ignore this advice from them. :)"

"Actually, I thought it was plastic until I observed it up close and actually touched it! It has very small stems and seems to spread from either runners or seeds---not sure, but it is definitely real."

"Not a pine tree, but related. It's some type of Cycad. Conifers (which a Pine is) belongs in the family of Gymnosperms. So do Cycads, Gingko and other cone bearing plants like Ephedra. Cycads are ancient. Precursors to Conifers.  "

"If in a cemetery, probably plastic based on what abounds out there anymore. ;-("