Cryptomeria japonica
Common name
Japanese cedar
Family
Cupressaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CRYJAP
Flower colours
No flowers
Year naturalised
1957
Origin
Japan
Etymology
cryptomeria: From the Greek kryptos ‘hidden’ and meros ‘a part’, referring to the latent characters or parts of the tree not easily being understood
japonica: Of Japan