Sciadopitys verticillata

Sciadopityaceae Sciadopitys verticillata (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc.

Etymology
Sciadopitys refers to ‘shadow pine’; indicating the umbrella shape of its foliage (cladodes).
verticillata refers to ‘verticillate’; indicating its foliage (cladodes) are whorled like an umbrella.

Colloquial Name
Japanese umbrella pine

Distribution

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

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

USDA Hardiness zone – 5
Sciadopitys verticillata is hardy to USDA Zone 5 (estimated), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -28.9C (-20F) to -23.3C (-10F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Sciadopitys verticillata is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Sciadopitys verticillata and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Sciadopitys verticillata 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 Sciadopitys verticillata is Sciadopitys. Because Sciadopitys contains only one species, this taxon is considered as monotypic.Sciadopitys verticillata is placed under Sciadopityaceae. As Sciadopitys is the sole genus under Sciadopityaceae, this family is a monophyletic family. Sciadopityaceae is endemic to Japan.

Cultivars
‘Anne Haddow’, ‘Aurea’, ‘Aurea Trompenburg’, ‘Big Filip’, ‘Collector’s Variegated’, ‘Columnaris’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Cream Star’, ‘Cristata’, ‘Cross Compact’, ‘Cynthia Waxman’, ‘Emerald Cushion’, ‘Explosion’, ‘Fasciation’, ‘Fatso’, ‘Feuerwerk’, ‘Filip’s Tiny Treasure’, FIREWORK, FIREWORKS, ‘Foxtail’, ‘Globe’, ‘Goldammer’, ‘Golden Parasol’, ‘Golden Pendula’, ‘Golden Rush’, ‘Goldie’, ‘Goldmähne’, ‘Gold Rush’, ‘Gold Star’, ‘Goldstück’, ‘Green Cushion’, ‘Green Parasol’, ‘Green Spire’, ‘Green Star’, ‘Grüne Kugel’, ‘Helene’, ‘Helene Bergman’, ‘Hinge’, ‘Hinge Form’, ‘Janssen’s Variegated’, ‘Jeddeloh Compact’, ‘Jim Cross’, ‘Joe Kozey’, ‘John Mitsch’, ‘Kenwith’, ‘Knirps’, ‘Kugelblitz’, ‘Kupferschirm’, ‘Little Filip’, ‘Longneedle’, ‘Mecki’, ‘Megaschirm’, ‘Marylin Monroe’, ‘Mireille’, ‘Mitsch Select’, ‘Monolith’, ‘Moonlight’, ‘Mr Happy’, ‘Nana Böhlje’, ‘Nicki Nadel’, ‘Ossorio Gold’, ‘Papagei’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Perlenglanz’, ‘Picola’, ‘Pygmy’, ‘Pyramidalis Compacta’, ‘Pyramiden’, ‘Pyramidien’, ‘Ritchie’s Cushion’, ‘Ruslyn’s Golden Parasol’, ‘Short Needle’, ‘Shorty’, ‘Speerspitze’, ‘Starburst’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Sternschnuppe’, ‘Strachan’, ‘Tsai Cheng’, ‘Tumbleweed’, ‘Turned Needle’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Variegated J. Rizz’, ‘Weston Globe’, ‘Wintergreen’, ‘Yellow Dream’