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Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress, hinoki cypress [2] or hinoki; Japanese: 檜 or 桧, hinoki) is a species of cypress native to central Japan in East Asia, [3] [4] and widely cultivated in the temperate northern hemisphere for its high-quality timber and ornamental qualities, with many cultivars commercially available.
Chamaecyparis, common names cypress or false cypress (to distinguish it from related cypresses), is a genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, ...
Chamaecyparis thyoides (Atlantic white cedar, Atlantic white cypress, southern white cedar, whitecedar, or false-cypress), a species of Cupressaceae, is native to the Atlantic coast of North America and is found from southern Maine to Georgia and along the Gulf of Mexico coast from Florida to Mississippi.
In 1708, this restriction was revised to include the Hinoki cypress, the Sawara cypress, the umbrella-pine, and the hiba. The Japanese thuja was added to this protected group in 1718. [1] This protection did not prevent the forests from being ruined. [1] The punishment for cutting down a tree during the Edo period was decapitation.
Cypress-pines (Callitris species), Australia and New Caledonia [15] False cypress (Chamaecyparis species), Asia and North America. [16] Fujian cypress (Fokienia hodginsii), southeastern China [17] Guaitecas cypress (Pilgerodendron uviferum), western Patagonia [18] and Tierra del Fuego [13] Japanese cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa), East Asia
It is a slow-growing coniferous tree growing to 35–50 m tall with a trunk up to 2 m in diameter. The bark is red-brown, vertically fissured and with a stringy texture. The foliage is arranged in flat sprays; adult leaves are scale-like, 1.5–2 mm long, with pointed tips (unlike the blunt tips of the leaves of the related Chamaecyparis obtusa (hinoki cypress), green above, green below with a ...
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Cupressaceae (cypress family) Chamaecyparis nootkatensis: Nootka cypress; Alaska-cedar; yellow-cedar Cupressaceae (cypress family) Chamaecyparis obtusa: hinoki cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Chamaecyparis pisifera: sawara cypress Cupressaceae (cypress family) Chamaecyparis thyoides: white cypress; Atlantic white cypress Cupressaceae ...