Cryptomeria japonica / Japanese cedar

Cyptomeria japonica is the typical form of the species. Please see the genus page for a full description.

Cryptomeria japonica
Photo by Sandra McLean Cutler
Cryptomeria japonica 'Ogon-Sugi' Courtesy of Sandra McLean Cutler, author of "Dwarf & Unusual Conifers Coming of Age
Photo by Sandra McLean Cutler
Cryptomeria japonica 'Ogon-Sugi' Photo taken in The Gotelli Collection of the US National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. during May 2006.
Photo by Dax Herbst
Forest of Cryptomerias in the Hauts de Saint-Gilles, on La Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean
Photo by Bouba
Cryptomeria japonica 'Tarheel Blue' — a young specimen at Cox Arboretum, Canton, Georgia.
Photo by Tom Cox
Cryptomeria japonica trunk detail of a specimen at Hanpo Mountain, Jiangxi Province, China.
Photo by Tom Cox
Cryptomeria japonica — a sugi stand in Izu-Okawa town, Izu Peninsula, Japan.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — a managed sugi stand in Nagoya, Japan
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — a mature sugi stand ready for final harvest, Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — sugi trees around Engyoji Temple in Himeji, Japan.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — commercial thinning of sugi at about 30 years
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Cryptomeria japonica — Japanese sugi at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — sugi in Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — Sugi foliage
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — awl-like sugi foliage
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — immature sugi seed cones.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — mature cones having dispersed their seeds
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Cryptomeria japonica — cones and seeds
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Cryptomeria japonica — a sacred sugi tree at Engyoji Temple, Himeji, Japan
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica — a sacred sugi tree at Engyoji Temple, Himeji, Japan
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica 'Elegans' — a cultivar of sugi in Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, B.C.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca
Cryptomeria japonica 'Sekkan' — a widely seen sugi cultivar, at the UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, B.C.
Photo by Blake Willson, courtesy of TreeLib.ca

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