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Chamaecyparis formosensis (Formosan cypress, Taiwan cypress, Taiwan red cypress; [1] Chinese: 紅檜/红桧 hóngguì, Taiwan pron. hóngkuài) is a species of Chamaecyparis, endemic to Taiwan, where it grows in the central mountains at moderate to high altitudes of 1000–2900 m.
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Chamaecyparis, common names cypress or false cypress (to distinguish it from related cypresses), is a genus of conifers in the cypress family Cupressaceae, native to eastern Asia (Japan and Taiwan) and to the western and eastern margins of the United States. [1]
It is a slow-growing coniferous tree growing to 40 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, 0.8–1.5 mm long, with acute tips (unlike the blunt tips of the leaves of the closely related Japanese Chamaecyparis obtusa (Hinoki Cypress), green above, green ...
Chamaecyparis thyoides grows within 100 miles of the coastline and less than 50 m above sea level [5] along much of the East Coast and Gulf Coast. [6] Rare populations grow in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, where the tree may be found up to 460 m above sea level. [2]
Chamaecyparis formosensis; L. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana; O. ... Chamaecyparis thyoides This page was last edited on 27 March 2013, at 06:43 (UTC). Text ...
It is a slow-growing tree which may reach 35 m (115 ft) tall [5] with a trunk up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. [citation needed] The bark is dark red-brown.The leaves are scale-like, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long, blunt tipped (obtuse), green above, and green below with a white stomatal band at the base of each scale-leaf.
Cupressaceae or the cypress family is a family of conifers.The family includes 27–30 genera (17 monotypic), which include the junipers and redwoods, with about 130–140 species in total.