Chamaecyparis obtusa
Object Details
- Description
- Hinoki cypress or hinoki falsecypress (for it is actually a falsecypress) is an evergreen tree with foliage that is aromatic when crushed. White, X-like lines on the back of the leaves can be used to identify the tree.
- Hardiness
- -30 - 20 F
- Ethnobotanical Uses
- essential oils
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Japan
- Habitat
- Mixed conifer/angiosperm forests, 100-2200 meters
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2012-1426A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Hinoki False Cypress
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Pinidae
- Order
- Cupressales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
- Species
- obtusa
- Life Form
- Evergreen tree
- Average Height
- 50-75'
- Bark Characteristics
- Exfoliating, red-brown bark.
- Cone Characteristics
- Small, with 8 scales. Male cones are orange-brown. Female cones are greenish-brown.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Dark green, scale leaves with white X-like lines on underside. Has scales of two sizes. Larger scale pairs are boat-like. Smaller pair triangle-like. Aromatic when crushed.
- Key ID Characteristics
- Exfoliating bark; leaves have two sizes; white X lines on underside of scales.
- Structure
- Narrow conical
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2012-1426A
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