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Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6b -20.6 °C (-5 °F) to -17.8 °C (0 °F)
Plant Height: 50 to 80 feet (15-24m)
Plant Spread: 20 to 30 feet (6-9m)
Leaves: Good fall color
Evergreen
Needled
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Uses: Provides winter interest
Useful for timber production
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Near Threatened
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Common names
  • Japanese Cedar
  • Japanese Cryptomeria
  • Sugi
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cryptomeria japonica
  • Synonym: Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis

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Location: Monção, Portugal
Date: 2023-06-07
Developing seed cones.
Location: Sacramento State Capitol Park
Date: 2014-04-17
Location: Southern Pines, NC ( SW Broad)
Date: March 2, 2023
Japanese cedar #184 nn; LHB p. 118, 17-4-1, "Greek for 'hidden' a
Location: Monção, Portugal
Date: 2023-06-07
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Botanical garden of Crete
Date: 2022-06-01

Date: 2022-03-31
Location: Southern Pines, NC (SW Broad)
Date: March 2, 2023
Japanese cedar #184 nn; LHB p. 118, 17-4-1, "Greek for 'hidden' a
Location: Monte Palace - Funchal - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-14
Location: Monte Palace - Funchal - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-14
Location: Balchik Palace, Bulgaria
Date: June
credit: MrPanyGoff
Location: Japanese cedars at Nikko Tosho-gu
Date: 2003-08-19
Photo courtesy of: Miguel Vieira
Location: Levada do Caldeirão Verde - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: Levada do Caldeirão Verde - Madeira
Date: 2023-04-22
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date: 2017-06-25
They are so small!
Location: Mainau, Lake Constance, Germany
photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Mainau, Lake Constance, Germany
photo credit: H. Zell
Location: Wayneboro MS
Date: 2004-10-22
Location: Little Rock, AR
Date: 2018-03-16
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Wow, what detail! by flaflwrgrl Apr 21, 2014 7:26 PM 1

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