Chamaecyparis pisifera
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Chamaecyparis pisifera is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Chamaecyparis. in the genus Chamaecyparis, native to central and southern Japan, on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū.
Chamaecyparis pisifera near Mount Bukō, Saitama, Japan
Grove of 80-year-old trees
Foliage and cones
Central trunk of a tree
Chamaecyparis obtusa
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Chamaecyparis obtusa is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae native to central Japan in East Asia, and widely cultivated in the temperate northern hemisphere for its high-quality timber and
Chamaecyparis pisifera
…foliage is arranged in flat sprays; adult leaves are scale-like, 1.5–2 mm long, with pointed tips (unlike the blunt tips of the leaves of the related Chamaecyparis obtusa (hinoki cypress), green above, green below with a white stomatal band at the base of each scale-leaf; they are arranged in opposite decussate pairs on…
大智寺 樹齢約700年の大ヒノキdaichiji 008
Close-up of hinoki cypress needles
Cypress bark is used as a traditional roofing material (hiwadabuki) at Tō-ji in Kyoto
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