Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Cupressaceae > Chamaecyparis > Chamaecyparis pisiferaChamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara Cypress)Synonyms: Chamaecyparis filifera (homotypic); Chamaecyparis leptoclada; Chamaecyparis obtusa f. plumosa; Chamaecyparis obtusa var. plumosa; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. aurea; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. aurea-nana; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera-aurea; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. filifera-aureovariegata; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. leptoclada; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. minima; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. plumosa; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. squarrosa; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. standishii; Chamaecyparis pisifera f. sulphurea; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filicoides; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera-aurea; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filifera-pendula; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. filiformis; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. pendula; Chamaecyparis pisifera var. plumosa; Chamaecyparis plumosa; Chamaecyparis plumosa var. argentea; Chamaecyparis squarrosa; Chamaecyparis squarrosa var. leptoclada; Chamaecyparis squarrosa var. sulphurea; Cupressus leptoclada; Cupressus obtusa var. plumosa-argentea; Cupressus obtusa var. plumosa-aurea; Cupressus pisifera (homotypic); Cupressus pisifera f. pendula; Cupressus pisifera var. filiera; Cupressus pisifera var. plumosa; Cupressus pisifera var. sulphurea; Cupressus squarrosa (homotypic); Retinisora pisifera; Retinispora aurea; Retinispora filifera; Retinispora leptoclada (homotypic); Retinispora lycopodioides; Retinispora pisifera (homotypic); Retinispora pisifera var. aurea; Retinispora pisifera var. filiformis; Retinispora plumosa; Retinispora plumosa var. aurea; Retinispora squarrosa; Retinispora stricta; Retinospora pisifera; Thuja pisifera (homotypic); Thuja pisifera var. filifera Language: Chi; Cze; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Jpn (Katakana); Rus; Slo; Spa Chamaecyparis pisifera (sawara cypress or sawara Japanese: サワラ Sawara) is a species of false cypress, native to central and southern Japan, on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū. It is a slow-growing coniferous tree growing to 35–50 m tall with a trunk up to 2 m in diameter. The bark is red-brown, vertically fissured and with a stringy texture. The foliage is arranged in flat sprays; adult leaves are scale-like, 1.5–2 mm long, with pointed tips (unlike the blunt tips of the leaves of the related Chamaecyparis obtusa (hinoki cypress), green above, green below with a white stomatal band at the base of each scale-leaf; they are arranged in opposite decussate pairs on the shoots. The juvenile leaves, found on young seedlings, are needle-like, 4–8 mm long, soft and glaucous bluish-green. The cone |
Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Leaf Type [2] | Evergreen | Structure [2] | Tree |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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