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Cryptomeria (literally "hidden parts") is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae. It includes only one species , Cryptomeria japonica ( syn. Cupressus japonica L.f. ). It is considered to be endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi ( 杉 ) . [ 2 ]
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.
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.
Cryptomeria mabillei is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Cryptomeria of the family Erebidae. Distribution. It is found on Madagascar.
Cryptomeria may refer to: Cryptomeria, a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family; Cryptomeria, a genus of moth; Cryptomeria cipher, a cryptographic cipher
Cryptomeria stamens and pollen. Hay fever in Japan (花粉症, kafunshō, "pollen illness") is most commonly caused by pollen from Cryptomeria japonica (known as sugi in Japanese and often translated as "cedar" though it is not a member of the Cedrus genus) and Japanese cypress (known as hinoki), two native Japanese tree species.
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]
Taiwania cryptomerioides in the botanical magazine Shokubutsugaku zasshi (1907) Taiwania cryptomerioides' needle-like leaves.. It is native to eastern Asia, growing in the mountains of central Taiwan, and locally in southwest China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet) and adjoining Myanmar, and northern Vietnam.