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Calocedrus formosana
Also called Taiwanese Incense Cedar
Taiwan incense-cedar is a large conifer tree native to northern and central Taiwan, grown mainly as a landscape or timber tree in mild climates. It needs ample space and a cool, moist, well-drained site to thrive.
Calocedrus formosana, Taiwan Incense-cedar; Chinese: 臺灣肖楠; pinyin: tái wān xiào nán or 臺灣翠柏) is a conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, endemic to Taiwan.
California Incense-cedar · Calocedrus huashanensis · Chinese incense-cedar · Limestone Incense‒cedar · Incense-cedar
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calocedrus formosana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
