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(First upload on December 10 2009. Last on April 5 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold et Zuccarini) Endlicher






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

Chamaecyparis Spach (ヒノキ)
Sawara (サワラ, 椹), sawara cypress
Lifeform: evergreen tree < 40 m high
Distribution: Endemic to Japan (Iwate Prefecture is the northern limit)
Habitat: mountains
Flavor: less fragrant than C. obtusa
Wood: yellow (articulated nerve)
Use ☛ The Kiso five trees (木曽五木)
var. squarrosa (Siebold et Zucc.) Beissner et Hochst. (ヒムロ): syn. cv. squarrosa
f. crassa Hayashi (アツカワサワラ)
Cultivars
cv. boulevard (ブルーバール)
cv. filifera (イトヒバ/ヒヨクヒバ) = syn. var. filifera (Veitch ex Sénécl.) Hartwiss et Ruempl.
cv. plumosa (シノブヒバ) = syn. var. plumosa (Carrière) Otto
cv. boulevard
cv. filifera-aurea (オウゴンヒヨクヒバ)
cv. plumosa-aurea (オウゴンシノブヒバ)
索引

Chamaecyparis pisifera in Japan


ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4
[1-4] at a garden in Tomakomai Experimental Forest, HU, on August 23 2012. [3] a bark (樹皮).


cv. plumosa (var. plumosa)

Shinobuhiba (シノブヒバ/ニッコウヒバ)
Character: between C. pisifera and C. pisifera var. squarrosa
Leaf: slim, powder-like white on the back
ST1 ST2 ST3
[1-3] around the building used for Educational and Research Hall of Humanity and Social Scienc, HU, on March 26 2021


cv. squarrosa (var. squarrosa)

Himuro (ヒムロスギ, 檜榁)
ST1 ST2 ST3
ST4 ST5
[1-3] in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園), the University of Tokyo, on March 16 2017. [4/5] in a house garden in front of Sub-Ranger House, Toyotomi Town, northern Hokkaido, on April 18 2019.


cv. filifera (var. filifera)

Itohiba (イトヒバ, 糸檜葉)
ST1 ST2 ST3
[1] at a house garden in N18/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 25 2014. [2/3] at a house garden in N25/E2, East Ward, Sapporo, on September 30 2020.


cv. plumosa-aurea

Ougonshinobuhiba/Nikkohiba (オウゴンシノブヒバ/ニッコウヒバ)
ST1
[1] at an arboretum in Tomakomai Experimental Forest, HU, on August 23 2012.


cv. filifera-aurea

Ougonhiyokuhiba/Ougonwaiseisuiryuuhiba (オウゴンヒヨクヒバ/オウゴンワイセイスイリュウヒバ)
ST1 ST2
[1] at an arboretum in Tomakomai Experimental Forest, HU, on August 23 2012.

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