Cryptomeria japonica — Japanese Red Cedar

An uncommon Victorian introduction.

A large tree with forward-pointing needles all around the shoots and with complex spherical cones.

‘Elegans’ is a much more common bushy cultivar which has soft juvenile foliage with long, individual needles which turn copper-coloured in winter.

For similar trees see: Radially arranged leaves, Yew-like leaves

 
 

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