Cryptomeria japonica, Japanese Cryptomeria



Size: tree, 50-60' average height at maturity, spread 20-30'

Buds: minute

Leaves: evergreen, spirally arranged, .25-.75" long, awl-shaped, 4-angled, curving inwards, margins entire, blunt-pointed tips, bright green to bluish green, bronzy in winter

Twigs: green, glabrous, spreading or drooping

Flowers: monoecious, inconspicuous

Fruit: terminal, globular, .5-1", dark brown, 20-30 scales

Bark: reddish brown peeling in long strips