Taxon

Thuja koraiensis

 
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Thuja koraiensis - Korean arborvitae
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Korean arborvitae
Family: Cupressaceae (cypress family)
Distribution: Korea and n.e. China
IUCN Red list: Vulnerable
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen tree
IUCN Red List code: B2ab(ii,iii,iv,v); C2a(i); D1; 11 February 2011
Comments: Protected in China, this rarely available evergreen shrub or small tree is often conical in habit but the plant at Dawes Arboretum is slow growing and shrubby. The flat needles are dark green on top, silvery below and produced in flat sprays. Grows in part shade to full sun in moist, well-drained acid soil but is pH adaptable.
Links: • Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy) • IUCN Redlist of Threatened Species

Locations

  • 1: AZA: BB13 (BB13) • Accession: D1997-0119.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: AZA: BB13 (BB13) • Accession: D2000-0842.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: CON: CN11 (CN11) • Accession: D1997-0119.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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