Platycladus orientalis

Cupressaceae Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco

Etymology
Platycladus refers to ‘flat foliage’; indicating its foliage branches are flattened in younger trees.
orientalis refers to ‘from the east’, compared to other Thuja species; indicating its habitat.

Colloquial Name
Oriental Arbor-vitae, Chinese Arbor-vitae

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 31, AMU, KHA, 36, CHI, CHI-NM, CHN, CHN-GS, CHN-HB, CHN-SA, CHN-SX, CHS, CHS-HE, 38, KOR, KOR-NK, KOR-SK

Habitat
The natural habitats for Platycladus orientalis are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Platycladus orientalis that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 6
Platycladus orientalis 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 Platycladus orientalis is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Platycladus orientalis and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Platycladus orientalis 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 Platycladus orientalis is Platycladus. Because Platycladus contains only one species, this taxon is considered as monotypic.Platycladus orientalis is further placed under Cupressoideae. Platycladus orientalis is also placed under Cupressaceae.

Cultivars
‘Angulisans’, ‘Archers’s Gold’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Argenteovariegata’, ‘Aristata’, ‘Articulata’, ‘Ascotensis’, ‘Athrotaxoides’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Compacta’, ‘Aurea Densa’, ‘Aurea Globosa’, ‘Aurea Conspicua’, ‘Aurea Gracilis’, ‘Aurea Nana’, ‘Aurea Pyramidalis’, ‘Aureovariegata’, ‘Autumn Glow’, ‘Bakeri’, ‘Balaton’, ‘Beacon Glow’, ‘Berckmans Golden Biota’, ‘Bergmannii’, ‘Beverleyensis’, ‘Blackman’s Blue’, ‘Blijdenstein’, ‘Blue Cone’, ‘Blue Spire’, ‘Bonita’, ‘Bonner Hexe’, ‘Brewers’, ‘Buchan’, ‘Burtonii’, ‘Caribbean Holiday’, ‘Cauda-pavonis’, ‘Cedar Lodge’, ‘Cinerea’, ‘Collen’s Gold’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Columnaris Aurea’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Compacta Nana’, ‘Compacta Nana Aurea’, ‘Compacta Ungeri’, ‘Conspicua’, ‘Coraeana’, ‘Coral King’, ‘Coral Queen’, ‘Crawfords Compact’, ‘Cristata’, ‘Croatia’, ‘Cupressiformis’, ‘Cupressoides’, ‘Dacrydioides’, ‘Decussata’, ‘Defresneana’, ‘Delicatissima’, ‘Densa’, ‘Densa Glauca’, ‘Dogmersfield’, ‘Duci’, ‘Dwarf Greenspike’, ‘Elegans’, ‘Elegans Aurea Nana’, ‘Elegantissima’, ‘Elegantissima Picta’, ‘Elegantissima Stricta’, ‘Ensata’, ‘Ericoides’, ‘Everton Cream’, ‘Excelsa’, ‘Expansa’, ‘Falcata’, ‘Falcata Lutea’, ‘Falcata Nana’, ‘Fastigiata’, ‘Filiformis’, ‘Filiformis Aurea’, ‘Filiformis Elegans’, ‘Filiformis Erecta’, ‘Filiformis Nana’, ‘Filiformis Pendula’, ‘Filiformis Stricta’, ‘Filiformis Tetragona’, ‘Filip’s New Future’, ‘Flagelliformis’, ‘Flame’, ‘Flash’, ‘Fleck’, ‘Fortunei’, ‘Franky Boy’, ‘Freneloides’, ‘Fruitland’, ‘Funiculata’, ‘Garden City’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Minima’, ‘Globosa’, ‘Golden Ball’, ‘Golden Minaret’, ‘Golden Minima’, ‘Golden Nymph’, ‘Golden Pillar’, ‘Golden Pygmy’, ‘Golden Rocket’, ‘Golden Sceptre’, ‘Golden Sunrise’, ‘Golden Surprise’, ‘Golden Wonder’, ‘Goldhexe’, ‘Gold Nugget’, ‘Gold Spire’, ‘Goodwin’, ‘Gracilifolia’, ‘Grasmere Gold’, ‘Grassington Gold’, ‘Greenangold’, ‘Green Cone’, ‘Hillieri’, ‘Hirose’, ‘Hohman’, ‘Howardii’, ‘Incurvata’, ‘Intermedia’, ‘Iris’, ‘Japonica’, ‘Japonica Pendula’, ‘Jörg Kohout’, ‘Juniperoides’, ‘J.W. Versteege’, ‘Kaitake’, ‘Kallay Gold’, ‘Kenwith’, ‘Kormend’, ‘Krzemien’, ‘Kus-jak’, ‘Kus-jak’, ‘Laxenburgensis’, ‘Lemon ’n’ Lime’, ‘Lisa’, ‘Little Susie’, ‘Locogold’, ‘Locogreen’, ‘Lutea’, ‘Lutea Nova’, ‘Macrocarpa’, ‘Madurodam’, ‘Magnifica’, ‘Marjolein’, ‘Meldensis’, ‘Millards Gold’, ‘Millers Gold’, ‘Minaret’, ‘Mini Gold Globus’, ‘Minima’, ‘Minima Compacta’, ‘Minima Glauca’, ‘Minima Pygmaea’, ‘Mint Chocolate’, ‘Monstruosa’, ‘Morgan’, ‘Nana’, ‘Nana Aurea’, ‘Nana Aureovariegata’, ‘Nana Compacta’, ‘Nana Compacta Aurea’, ‘Nana Fleck’, ‘Nana Pyramidata’, ‘Nana Rafelis’, ‘Nana Stricta’, ‘Nepalensis’, ‘Newarkii’, ‘Obelisk’, ‘Pawica’, ‘Pekinensis’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Pendula Variegata’, ‘Picta’, ‘Pisifera’, ‘Pumila Argentea’, ‘Purple King’, ‘Pygmaea’, ‘Pyramidalis’, ‘Pyramidalis Aurea’, ‘Pyramidalis Glauca’, ‘Raffles’, ‘Raket’, ‘Recurvata’, ‘Regularis’, ‘Rochester’, ‘Rosedale Hybrid’, ‘Rosedalis’, ‘Rowneri’, ‘Sanderi’, ‘Semperaurea’, ‘Semperaurescens’, ‘Shirley Chilcott’, ‘Shirl’s Supreme’, ‘Sieboldii’, ‘Sopron’, ‘Southport’, ‘Sphaeroidea Glauca’, ‘Spire’, ‘Stricta’, ‘Stricta Pyramidalis’, ‘Summer Cream’, ‘Sunlight’, ‘Susan’, ‘Susie’, ‘Tartarica Variegata’, ‘Tetragona’, ‘Tibbs’, ‘Triangularis’, ‘Trompenburg’, ‘Ungeri’, ‘Van Hoey Smith’, ‘Van Hoey Smith Sport’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Variegata Argentea’, ‘Verschaffeltii’, ‘Versteege’, ‘Viridis’, ‘Wainiui Petite’, ‘Wang’s Green’, ‘Weedom’, ‘Weimeri’, ‘Westmont’, ‘Zebely’, ‘Zhaiguancebai’, ‘Zuccariniana’