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Cryptomeria japonica 'Jindai-sugi'
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Common name:
Jindai Japanese-cedar
Family:
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution:
Species native to Japan and southern China
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 6
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
An evergreen needled dwarf conifer tree found by Cedar Lodge in 1989. Dark green, fine foliage forms a clustered loosely conical plant. More rounded at first, later more upright and irregularly shrubby. Suspected to grow about 6' tall and nearly as wide. Foliage can take on a reddish tinge in winter.
Links:
American Conifer Society Database
Locations
1:
FLS: CC23
(CC23)
• Accession: D1999-0125.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
2:
JPG: BA20
(BA20)
• Accession: D2001-0287.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual