Seasonal Interest and Photographs

Cryptomeria japonica D. Don.
 
Japanese Cryptomeria

Flowers: monoecious, inconspicuous, opening in late fall.

Foliage: medium green needles arranged spirally around the twig. Bronzes in winter.

Fruit: small cones

Trunk, Branching, Twigs: Bark peels in long reddish strips.

Location: Plant Sciences Building, north planting bed by Maple St.

Photographs: Click on an image to see a larger version:

foliage form form needles and male cones form, dwarf cultivar, in landscape

 

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