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Cryptomeria japonica: (left) shoot with mature cones and immature male cones at top; (centre) adult foliage shoot; (right) juvenile foliage shoot. Cryptomeria is a very large evergreen tree, reaching up to 70 m (230 ft) tall and 4 m (13 ft) trunk diameter, with red-brown bark which peels in vertical strips. The leaves are arranged spirally ...
Jōmon Sugi (縄文杉) is a large Cryptomeria tree located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan. It is the oldest and largest among the old-growth cryptomeria trees on the island, and is estimated to be between 2,170 [ 2 ] and 7,200 years old.
A sugidama (杉玉), or sakabayashi (酒林), is an object of Japanese origin made by shaping sugi (Cryptomeria) leaves into a ball. Green sugidama are hung from the eaves of sake breweries to indicate that new sake is ready. [1]
Yakusugi is the largest Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) in Yakushima in southwest Japan. Yakusugi (屋久杉) refers to "Japanese cedar" (sugi, or Cryptomeria) on the island of Yakushima, typically growing at altitudes 500 meters and higher. The term also extends to the lumber taken from the logging of these coniferous trees.
Daisugi (台杉) is a Japanese technique related to pollarding, used on Cryptomeria (sugi) trees. [1] [2] [3] The term roughly translates to "platform cedar". [4] When applied in a silviculture context, the daisugi method requires trunks to be pruned every 2–4 years in order to maintain the straight, clear grain that they are coveted for. [5] [6]
Houkisugi or Hōkisugi at Nakagawa (箒スギ) is a 2000-year-old Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria) at Nakagawa Settlement, Yamakita town, Ashigarakami District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The tree was revered by locals because it prevented a great fire from spreading in 1904.
Cephalanthera japonica, a synonym for Cephalanthera falcata, the golden orchid, an orchid species; Cerasus japonica, a synonym for Prunus japonica, the Korean cherry, flowering almond or Oriental bush cherry, a shrub species; Cupressus japonica, a synonym for Cryptomeria japonica, the sugi or Japanese cedar, a conifer species endemic to Japan
The project to plant the approaches to Nikkō with cryptomeria was begun by Matsudaira Masatsuna, daimyō of Tamanawa Domain in Sagami Province, and a descendant of a cadet branch of the Matsudaira clan. He began donating and planting seedlings brought from Kii Province around the year 1625. The cedar-lined approaches were officially dedicated ...