Cryptomeria japonica

Cupressaceae Cryptomeria japonica (Thunb. ex L. f.) D. Don

Etymology
Cryptomeria refers to ‘hidden parts’; referring to its seeds covered by bracts.
japonica refers to Japan; indicating its natural habitat.

Colloquial Name
Japanese cedar

Distribution

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

Habitat
The natural habitats for Cryptomeria japonica are temperate forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1800 up to 1800 metres. Other conifers associated with Cryptomeria japonica are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Cryptomeria japonica 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 Cryptomeria japonica is stable. There are ongoing threats for Cryptomeria japonica and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting
• 3 Climate Change & Natural Disasters
  • 3.3 Habitat Shifting & Alteration
• 4 Invasive Species / Pathogens & Genetic Risks
  • 4.4 Genetic Contamination & Hybridization

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Cryptomeria japonica has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Cryptomeria japonica is Cryptomeria. Because Cryptomeria contains only one species, this taxon is considered as monotypic.Cryptomeria japonica is further placed under Taxodioideae. Cryptomeria japonica is also placed under Cupressaceae.

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Cultivars
‘Albavariegata’, ‘Albospica’, ‘Antique Gold’, ‘Araucarioides’, ‘Archer’s Greenbush’, ‘Archer’s Redbush’, ‘Argenteospicata’, ‘Argenteovariegata’, ‘Aritaki’, ‘Atawhai’, ‘Athrotaxoides’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Aurescens’, ‘Bandai-shira’, ‘Bandai-sugi’, ‘Barabit’s Gold’, ‘Beaumont’s Dwarf’, ‘Birodo’, ‘Black Dragon’, ‘Bloomer’s WB’, ‘Borodo-sugi’, ‘Broom’, ‘Buckiscope’, ‘Caespitosa’, ‘Cambridge’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compacta Nana’, ‘Compressa’, ‘Crassifolia’, ‘Cristata’, ‘Dacrydioides’, ‘Dense Jade’, ‘Dinger’, ‘Egmont’, ‘Elegans’, ‘Elegans Aurea’, ‘Elegans Compacta’, ‘Elegans Nana’, ‘Elegans Plumosa’, ‘Elegans Variegata’, ‘Elegans Viridis’, ‘Enko’ (‘Enko-sugi’), ‘Fasciata’, ‘Giokomo’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Globosa Nana’, ‘Golden Promise’, ‘Gorse’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Gyokuryu’, ‘Haggo’, ‘Hao-sugi’, ‘Hino’, ‘Hoo-sugi’, ‘Hungarian Gold’, ‘Husari-sugi’, ‘Ikari’, ‘Ito’, ‘Jakob’, ‘Jindai-sugi’, ‘Karl Fuchs’, ‘Kilmacurragh’, ‘Kitayama-dai’, ‘Knaptonensis’, ‘Kohul’, ‘Kokuryu’, ‘Koshyi’, ‘Kusari-sugi’, ‘Kyoto-ito-sugi’, ‘Lemonade’, ‘Little Champion’, ‘Little Diamond’, ‘Little Sonja’, ‘Littleworth Dwarf’, ‘Littleworth Gnome’, ‘Lobbii’, ‘Lycopodioides’, ‘Lynn’s Ringlets’, ‘Mankichi’ (‘Mankichi-sugi’), ‘Marj’, ‘Majiro-sugi’, ‘Mejiro’, ‘Midare’, ‘Mignone’, ‘Mitama’, ‘Monstrosa’, ‘Monstrosa Nana’, ‘Mure-sugi’, ‘Mushroom’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Albospica’, ‘Nejire’, ‘Ogon’ (‘Ogon-sugi’), ‘Okina-sugi’, ‘Osaka-tama’, ‘Peve Ten’, ‘Pipo’, ‘Plumosa’, ‘Pom Pom’, ‘Pouakai’, ‘Pungens’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidata’, ‘Rasen-sugi’, ‘Rein’s Dense Jade’, ‘Rezek WB’, ‘Ryoku-gyoku’, ‘Sekka-sugi’, ‘Sekkan’, ‘Sekkan Dwarf’, ‘Sekkan WB’, ‘Selaginoides’, ‘Sennin-sugi’, ‘Shishi-gashira’, ‘Spiralis’, ‘Spiraliter Falcata’, ‘Taisho-tama’, ‘Tansu’, ‘Tansu Yellow Sport’, ‘Tateyama’, ‘Tenzan’, ‘Tilford Gold’, ‘Toda’, ‘Tokonui’, ‘Top Gold’, ‘Torta’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Vera’, ‘Vilmorin Gold’, ‘Vilmoriniana’, ‘Viminalis’, ‘Virgata’, ‘Winter Bronze’, ‘Yellow Twig’, ‘Yamamoto’, ‘Yatsubusa-sugi’ (‘Yatsubusa’) , ‘Yawara’, ‘Yokohama’, ‘Yore’, ‘Yoshino’