Cryptomeria japonica--CA. Quarryhill Bot. Garden, Glen Ellen. 1 Jun 07. 154.jpg
Native to China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan; introduced into Azores, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, Føroyar, Great Britain, Italy, Korea, Mauritius, New Zealand North, Réunion, Sweden, Tunisia, Türkiye (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 2 countries.
Location
United States, California, Sonoma (Quarryhill Botanical Garden)
Location Remarks
12841 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
China, Zhejiang (Hangzhou, Lin'an District)
30.043333, 118.9375
Location Remarks
Zhiyuan, Shunxi Village, QingLiangFeng Town, NingAn City. 416 m elev.
Collectors
Li Pan, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Tree 8 m.
Location
United States, California, Sonoma (Sonoma State University Arboretum)
Location Remarks
City of Rohnert Park, off Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Cryptomeria
Specific Epithet
japonica
Authorship
(Thunb. ex L.f.) D.Don
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Very high
ED 28.9
Among the most evolutionarily isolated plants known — losing it erases an irreplaceable branch of the plant tree of life.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
3.5
Global rank
#92 of 1,090
Top 100 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 29 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →