#513 most planted
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Sawara false cypress · also Sawara cypress, Sawara
ConiferEvergreen
1,570
trees mapped
0.02%
of all named trees
14
cities
6.7 in
median trunk (17 cm, 1,475 measured)
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Chamaecyparis pisifera is a large evergreen conifer native to Japan, featuring fine, feathery foliage with white undersides and exfoliating reddish-brown bark. While the straight species is less cultivated, its timber has a lemon-like fragrance.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 7190.10%—4.3 in
- 3600.20%—24 in
- 1470.02%—3.0 in
- 940.60%—16 in
- 700.06%23 yr43 in
- 610.08%—4.7 in
- 310.01%—8.8 in
- 270.00%—4.3 in
- 230.01%—11 in
- 110.01%34 yr5.9 in
- 90.00%65 yr7.9 in
- 90.01%—8.7 in
- 80.02%—5.7 in
- 10.00%—6.3 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 20–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 25 ft
- Drought tolerance
- Moderate
- Blooms
- Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Trunk diameters across every city: median 6.7 in, mean 13 in, 90th percentile 34 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Temperate Conifer Forests
- Honshu alpine conifer forests
Other Chamaecyparis in the catalogue
6 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
