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Thuja standishii
Also called Japanese Arborvitae, Japanese Thuja
Japanese Arbor-vitae is a large conifer tree from southern Japan, grown mainly for its durable timber. It is a species rather than a common garden shrub, so it is seen in forestry plantations and large gardens.
Thuja standishii (Japanese thuja; Japanese: nezuko, kurobe) is a species of coniferous tree in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is native to southern Japan, where it occurs on the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. It is a medium-sized tree, reaching 20–35 m tall and with a trunk up to 1 m diameter.
The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like leaves 2–4 mm long, matte green above, and with narrow white stomatal bands below. The cones are oval, yellow-green ripening red-brown, 6–12 mm long and 4–5 mm broad (opening to 8 mm broad), with 6–10 overlapping scales.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thuja standishii 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.
