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Cryptomeria
japonica
'Sekkan-sugi'
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
Common name:
Sekkan Japanese-cedar, golden cryptomeria
Family:
Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution:
Species native to Japan and southern China
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 6
Life form:
Evergreen tree
Comments:
A conical evergreen, to 20' high in central Ohio with golden-yellow foliage, most prominent in spring. A graceful, stately, handsome tree with reddish brown bark. Needles turn bronzy colored in winter.
Links:
American Conifer Society Database
•
RHS Horticultural Database
Locations
1:
CON: CG12
(CG12)
• Accession: D1996-0140.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual