Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Cryptomeria D.Don [162]

genus_ja: スギ

genus_en: Japanese cedar

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Cupressaceae

family_ja: ヒノキ

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distribution_en: China, Japan

description_en: Genus of 1 (possibly 2) species of evergreen, monoecious, coniferous tree from forests of China and Japan. It is cultivated for its conical or columnar habit, its thick, fibrous, red-brown bark, and its narrowly wedge-shaped, light to dark green leaves, which point forwards in 5-ranked spirals around the shoots. Solitary, spherical female cones, 1-3cm (1/2-1 1/4in) long, have shield-like scales, each with a central point and triangular teeth. The ovoid male cones, 1cm (1/2in) long, are clustered at the shoot tips. Grow both species and cultivars as specimen trees; the dwarf cultivars are effective accent plants for a conifer collection, with heaths or heathers. Cryptomeria is one of the few conifer genera that will coppice successfully.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame or in a seedbed in spring. Root ripewood cuttings in late summer or early autumn.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-05-04 14:05

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