Japanese thuja

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Thuja standishii (Gordon) Carrière

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

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Thuja L. (クロベ)

Kurobe (クロベ, 黒檜) / Nezuko (ネズコ, 鼠子), Japanese thuja or Japanese arborvitae
Lifeform: evergreen coniferous tree
Distribution: endemic to southern Japan (southern Honshu - Shikoku)
Habitat: mountainous forests (transplantation in Hokkaido)
Flower: May/ 5
Fruit: October - November

The Kiso five trees (木曽五木)

Cutting of the five evergreen tree species distributed in Kiso Valley were prohibited by Owari Domain in Edo Era

⇒ well-developed forests

Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold et Zucc.) Endl. (Cupressaceae) ヒノキ
Thujopsis dolabrata (L. f.) Siebold et Zucc. (Cupressaceae) アスナロ
Sciadopitys verticillata (Thunberg) Siebold et Zuccarini (Sciadopityaceae) コウヤマキ
Thuja standishii (Gordon) Carrière (Cupressaceae) ネズコ (クロベ)
Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold et Zucc.) Endl. (Cupressaceae) サワラ

Thuja standishii transplanted in Hokkaido

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[1-4] in the garden of Tomakomai Experimental Forest, HU, on August 23 2012 (a bark).