Plantae > Tracheophyta > Pinopsida > Pinales > Cupressaceae > Platycladus > Platycladus orientalisPlatycladus orientalis (Oriental Arbor-vitae; Eastern arbor-vitae; Biota; Chinese Arbor-vitae)Synonyms: Biota chengii; Biota coraeana (homotypic); Biota dachina; Biota dumosa; Biota elegantissima; Biota ericoides; Biota excelsa; Biota falcata; Biota fortunei; Biota freneloides; Biota funiculata; Biota glauca; Biota gracilifolia; Biota intermedia; Biota japonica (homotypic); Biota macrocarpa; Biota meldensis (homotypic); Biota nepalensis (homotypic); Biota orientalis (homotypic); Biota orientalis f. sieboldii; Biota orientalis var. aurea; Biota orientalis var. beverleyensis; Biota orientalis var. cristata; Biota orientalis var. cupressoides; Biota orientalis var. elegantissima (homotypic); Biota orientalis var. falcata; Biota orientalis var. fernandiana; Biota orientalis var. filiformis; Biota orientalis var. flagelliformis; Biota orientalis var. semperaurescens (homotypic); Biota prostrata; Biota pyramidalis; Biota semperaurescens; Biota stricta; Biota tatarica; Biota variegata; Biota wareana; Biota zuccarinii (homotypic); Chamaecyparis decussata; Chamaecyparis glauca; Cupressus filiformis; Cupressus thuja; Juniperus ericoides; Platycladus chengii; Platycladus orientalis chengii; Platycladus orientalis f. pendula; Platycladus stricta; Retinispora decurvata; Retinispora decussata; Retinispora ericoides (homotypic); Retinispora flavescens; Retinispora glauca; Retinispora juniperoides; Retinispora recurvata; Retinispora rigida; Thuja acuta; Thuja antarctica; Thuja argentea; Thuja aurea; Thuja australis; Thuja chengii; Thuja decora; Thuja dumosa; Thuja elegantissima; Thuja ericoides; Thuja expansa (homotypic); Thuja falcata; Thuja filiformis (homotypic); Thuja flagelliformis; Thuja fortunei; Thuja freneloides; Thuja funiculata; Thuja glauca; Thuja gracilifolia (homotypic); Thuja hybrida; Thuja intermedia; Thuja meldensis; Thuja minor (homotypic); Thuja monstrosa; Thuja nepalensis (homotypic); Thuja orientalis (homotypic); Thuja orientalis f. aurea; Thuja orientalis f. beverleyensis; Thuja orientalis f. conspicua; Thuja orientalis f. elegantissima; Thuja orientalis f. flagelliformis; Thuja orientalis f. juniperoides; Thuja orientalis f. meldensis; Thuja orientalis f. semperaurescens; Thuja orientalis f. sieboldii; Thuja orientalis var. argyi; Thuja orientalis var. aurea; Thuja orientalis var. aurea-conspicua; Thuja orientalis var. beverleyensis; Thuja orientalis var. conspicua (homotypic); Thuja orientalis var. flagelliformis; Thuja orientalis var. mexicana; Thuja orientalis var. pendula; Thuja orientalis var. semperaurescens; Thuja orientalis var. sieboldii; Thuja pygmaea; Thuja pyramidalis; Thuja pyramidalis f. stricta; Thuja pyramidalis var. stricta; Thuja semperaurea; Thuja semperaurescens; Thuja stricta; Thuja tatarica (homotypic); Thuja verschaffeltii; Thuja zuccariniana; Thuya orientalis (homotypic); Widdringtonia glauca Language: Chi; Chinese; Cze; Dut; Fre; Ger; Hrv, Srp; Hun; Ita; Kor (Hangul); Por; Rus; Slo; Spa Platycladus is a distinct genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or oriental thuja. It is native to northwestern China, Korea, and the Russian Far East (Amur + Khabarovsk). It is also now naturalised as an introduced species elsewhere in Asia: eastward to Japan; southward to northern India; and westward to northern Iran. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | Low | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Low | | Screening - Summer [2] | Dense | | Screening - Winter [2] | Dense | | Shade Percentage [1] | 83 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Low |  | | Bloom Period [2] | Mid Spring | | Drought Tolerance [2] | Medium | | Edible [3] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Fire Tolerance [2] | Low | | Flower Type [3] | Monoecious | | Frost Free Days [2] | 3 months 20 days | | Fruit/Seed Abundance [2] | Low | | Fruit/Seed Begin [2] | Summer | | Fruit/Seed End [2] | Fall | | Growth Form [2] | Single Crown | | Growth Period [2] | Spring, Summer | | Growth Rate [2] | Rapid | | Hazards [3] | The leaves are toxic if eaten; The plant can also cause skin allergies in sensitive people; | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [3] | Wind | | Propagation [2] | Bare Root, Container, Seed | | Root Depth [2] | 24 inches (61 cm) | | Seed Spread Rate [2] | Slow | | Seed Vigor [2] | Medium | | Seeds Per [2] | 22000 / lb (48502 / kg) | | Shape/Orientation [2] | Erect | | Specific Gravity [4] | 0.44 | | Structure [3] | Tree | | Usage [3] | Tolerant of regular trimming, though not into old wood, it can be grown as a dense hedge;
A yellow dye is obtained from the young branches;
Wood - durable in the soil, moderately hard, close grained, rather coarse grained, light, soft, brittle. Used for construction, cabinet making, cooperage; | | Vegetative Spread Rate [2] | None | | | Flower Color [2] | Yellow | | Foliage Color [2] | Green | | Fruit Color [2] | Brown | | | Height [3] | 49 feet (15 m) | | Width [3] | 16.4 feet (5 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 11 Low Temperature: 40 F° (4.4 C°) → 50 F° (10 C°) | | Light Preference [2] | Mixed Sun/Shade | | Soil Acidity [2] | Moderate Acid | | Soil Fertility [2] | Intermediate | | Water Use [1] | Moderate |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 4Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 6Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 7HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
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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