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Life Form:

Evergreen tree

Average Height:

25-30 feet

Bark Characteristics:

Red-brown bark exfoliates in strips or shreds

Cone Characteristics:

Oval, erect seed cones are 2-4" long with thick, chunky-looking scales. Cones start green in their first year, and mature to brown in the second. They are fragile after the seeds are dispersed.

Foliage Characteristics:

There is some debate about the leaves of this tree, but they are generally considered to be of two types. Scale leaves are brown, 1-3mm long, and widely spaced between the nodes on long shoots. The second type are highly modified shoots which are arranged in whorls of 10-30, 6-13cm long, green and fleshy, and have a midline groove on both sides. These leaves last 3-4 years. As the name of this cultivar implies, the leaves of this tree remain a rich green through the winter.

Structure:

Conical to pyramidal which opens with age

Range:

cultivated

Habitat:

Mixed cloud forests; 500-1000m

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Common Name:

Wintergreen Japanese Umbrella Pine

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Pinidae

Order:

Cupressales

Family:

Sciadopityaceae

Genus:

Sciadopitys

Species:

verticillata

Accession Number:

2019-0136A

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection

On Display:

National Museum of American History

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax7109cd5a5-2cea-4607-aa8b-1b63aa0fe596

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2019-0136A