Japanese Cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

(Thunb. ex L.) D.Don Species

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Botanical name
Cryptomeria japonica
Also known as
Cryptomeria, Japanese Cedar, Japanese Red-Cedar, Japanese-Cedar
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Cryptomeria
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Japanese Cedar

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cryptomeria japonica but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Cryptomeria araucarioides Cryptomeria compacta Cryptomeria elegans Cryptomeria fortunei Cryptomeria generalis Cryptomeria japonica f. araucarioides Cryptomeria japonica f. compacta Cryptomeria japonica f. dacrydioides Cryptomeria japonica f. elegans Cryptomeria japonica f. lobbii Cryptomeria japonica f. nana Cryptomeria japonica f. pungens Cryptomeria japonica f. spiralis Cryptomeria japonica subsp. sinensis Cryptomeria japonica var. caespitosa Cryptomeria japonica var. compacta Cryptomeria japonica var. dacrydioides Cryptomeria japonica var. fortunei Cryptomeria japonica var. japonica Cryptomeria japonica var. lobbii Cryptomeria japonica var. lobbii Cryptomeria japonica var. nana Cryptomeria japonica var. pendula Cryptomeria japonica var. pungens Cryptomeria japonica var. radicans Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis Cryptomeria japonica var. spiralis Cryptomeria kawaii Cryptomeria lobbiana Cryptomeria lobbii Cryptomeria mairei Cryptomeria mucronata Cryptomeria nana Cryptomeria nigricans Cryptomeria pungens Cryptomeria variegata Cryptomeria viridis Cupressus japonica Cupressus mairei Schubertia japonica Schubertia japonicum Taxodium japonicum

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