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Cryptomeria japonica

Cryptomeria japonica.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

in cultivation.<br>Photographer: Jesse Bythell, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

in cultivation.<br>Photographer: Jesse Bythell, Date taken: 07/08/2013, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Japanese cedar

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Flower colours

No flowers

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Cupressaceae

Authority

Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don

Ecology

Year naturalised

1957

Origin

Japan

Other information

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

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.

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