Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Microbiota Komarov [216]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Cupressaceae

family_ja: ヒノキ

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description_en: Genus of one species of prostrate to low mound-forming, evergreen, dioecious or monoecious, coniferous shrub from open slopes in S.E. Siberia. It has scale-like, broadly triangular, pointed leaves that turn bronze over winter; this can be a striking feature, although it sometimes appears that the plant is dying. The minute, ovoid cones have leathery scales, each one opening to release a single seed. Grow in a shrub border or as a specimen shrub; M. decussata is also a useful ground-cover plant, similar to the spreading junipers (Juniperus).

hardiness_en: Fully hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in a seedbed in autumn. Root semi-ripe cuttings in summer.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment: SE.Siberia

comment_ja: ウスリーヒバ

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

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