Chamaecyparis pisifera

Cupressaceae Chamaecyparis pisifera (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.

Etymology
Chamaecyparis refers to ‘dwarf/creeping’ and ‘cypress’.
pisifera refers to ‘bearing peas’; indicating the small round (pea-like) nature of its seed cones

Colloquial Name
Sawara cypress

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 38, JAP, JAP-HN, JAP-KY

Habitat
The natural habitats for Chamaecyparis pisifera are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 2600 up to 2600 metres. Other conifers associated with Chamaecyparis pisifera are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Chamaecyparis pisifera is hardy to USDA Zone 6 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -23.3C (-10F) to -17.8C (0F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Chamaecyparis pisifera is stable. There are no known threats for Chamaecyparis pisifera.

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Chamaecyparis pisifera has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Chamaecyparis pisifera is Chamaecyparis. The coordinate taxa for Chamaecyparis pisifera are therefore:

Chamaecyparis pisifera is further placed under Cupressoideae. Chamaecyparis pisifera is also placed under Cupressaceae.

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Cultivars
‘Abel’, ‘Argenteovariegata’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Nana’, ‘Avenue’, ‘Baby Blue’, ‘Baby Blue Ice’, ‘Blue Tower’, ‘Boulevard’, ‘Bowland’, ‘Cannon Ball’, ‘Cloverlea’, ‘Clouded Sky’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compacta Variegata’, ‘Cream Ball’, ‘Cumulus’, ‘Curly Top’, ‘Devon Cream’, ‘Dwarf Blue’, ‘Filifera’, ‘Filifera Argenteovariegata’, ‘Filifera Aurea’, ‘Filifera Aurea Nana’, ‘Filifera Aureovariegata’, ‘Filifera Crispa’, ‘Filifera Flava’, ‘Filifera Gracilis’, ‘Filifera Nana’, ‘Filifera Sherwood Reversion’, ‘Filip’s Happy Day’, ‘Fuiri Tsukomo’, ‘Gekirahiba’, ‘Gekko’, ‘Gold Cushion’, ‘Gold Dust’, ‘Golden Chimes’, ‘Golden Girl’, ‘Golden Mop’, ‘Golden Pincushion’, ‘Golden Sands’, ‘Gold Spangle’, ‘Goldzwerg’, ‘Golf Ball’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Greg’s Green Upright’, ‘Harvard Gold’, ‘Hime’, ‘Hime-himuro’, ‘Hime-sawara’, ‘Iceberg’, ‘Ivánc’, ‘Juniperoides Aurea’, ‘Lemon Thread’, ‘Little Kean’, ‘Lutescens’, ‘Milton Park’, ‘Murphy’s Blue’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Albovariegata’, ‘Nana Aureovariegata’, ‘Nana Aurescens’, ‘Nana Variegata’, ‘Parslorii’, ‘Pici’, ‘Plumosa’, ‘Plumosa Albopicta’, ‘Plumosa Argentea’, ‘Plumosa Aurea’, ‘Plumosa Aurea Compacta’, ‘Plumosa Aurea Nana’, ‘Plumosa Compacta’, ‘Plumosa Compressa’, ‘Plumosa Compressa Aurea’, ‘Plumosa Cristata’, ‘Plumosa Flavescens’, ‘Plumosa Juniperoides’, ‘Plumosa Nana Aurea’, ‘Plumosa Pygmaea’, ‘Plumosa Rogersii’, ‘Plumosa Vera’, ‘Purple Dome’, ‘Pygmy’, ‘Pygmaea Tsukumo’, ‘Repens’, ‘Riverlea’, ‘Ruck’s Globe’, ‘Silver and Gold’, ‘Silver Lode’, ‘Snow’, ‘Snowflake’, ‘Solar Flare’, ‘Sopron’, ‘Spaan’s Cannonball’, ‘Squarrosa’, ‘Squarrosa Argentea’, ‘Squarrosa Aurea’, ‘Squarrosa Dumosa’, ‘Squarrosa Intermedia’, ‘Squarrosa Intermedia Variegata’, ‘Squarrosa Lombarts’, ‘Squarrosa Lutea’, ‘Squarrosa Minima’, ‘Squarrosa Pygmaea’, ‘Squarrosa Sulphurea’, ‘Strathmore’, ‘Sulphurea’, ‘Sungold’, ‘Sunproof’, ‘Süveg’, ‘Tama-himuro’, ‘True Blue’, ‘Tsukumo’, ‘White Beauty’, ‘White Pygmy’, ‘Winter Gold’