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(First upload on December 10 2009. Last on March 31 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold et Zucc.) Endl.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Chamaecyparis Spach (ヒノキ)
Hinoki (ヒノキ, 檜), hinoki falsecypress
Etymology of Japanese name: fire tree = creating a fire with striking the wood
Lifeform: evergreen tree < 35 m high
Distribution: endemic of Japan (south to central Honshu)
Habitat: mountains
Stoma: articulated, Y-shaped
Flavor: fragrant
Wood: pink

compared to C. pisifera (サワラ)

Utilization: timber forest → transplanted in various regions

The Anthology of Myriad Leaves (万葉集)
☛ The Kiso five trees (木曽五木)

var. formosana (Hayata) Hayata (タイワンヒノキ)
f. hasegawana Hayashi (クリハダヒノキ)
f. takeuchii (Hayashi) Yonek. (ツノミノヒノキ)
cv. breviramea (チャボヒバ/カマクラヒバ)
cv. ericoides (ホウオウヒバ)
cv. filicoides (アオノクジャクヒバ)
cv. filicoides-aurea (オウゴンクジャクヒバ)
cv. lycopodioides (シャモヒバ)
cv. pendula (スイリュウヒバ)
cv. penduliformis (シダレヒノキ)
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Chamaecyparis obtusa in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4 ST5

[1-3] at Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009. [4/5] at the Fujisawa Campus of Nihon University, Kanagawa Prefecture, on January 21 2014. [1] sapling. [5] a bark (樹皮).


cv. breviramea (カマクラヒバ)

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園), the University of Tokyo, on March 16 2017.


cv. filicoides-aurea (オウゴンクジャクヒバ)

ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] in front of GSEES, HU, on March 26 2021.

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