#540 most planted
Cryptomeria japonica
Japanese cedar · also Japanese cryptomeria, Cryptomeria, Sugi
ConiferEvergreen
1,386
trees mapped
0.01%
of all named trees
16
cities
4.0 in
median trunk (10 cm, 672 measured)
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Cryptomeria japonica is a handsome coniferous tree with a graceful, cone-shaped canopy and bluish-green, awl-shaped foliage that turns bronze in winter. Its reddish-brown bark sheds in strips, giving it a rugged appearance. This species tolerates acidic soils, smog, and oak root fungus but requires high moisture and protection from strong winds.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 4320.03%——
- 2940.04%—5.0 in
- 1940.13%——
- 1850.09%1.0 yr2.0 in
- 960.01%—2.5 in
- 500.03%—10 in
- 360.01%33 yr5.9 in
- 210.01%—7.1 in
- 160.01%—6.1 in
- 160.01%—6.9 in
- 140.01%19 yr36 in
- 130.08%—10 in
- 120.01%—8.0 in
- 50.00%30 yr15 in
- 10.00%—0.8 in
- 10.00%—2.6 in
Traits
- Form
- Conifer
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 50–70 ft
- Canopy spread
- 40 ft
- Soil
- Acidic
- Water needs
- High
- Drought tolerance
- Low
- Pollution tolerance
- High
Trunk diameters across every city: median 4.0 in, mean 6.3 in, 90th percentile 12 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Other Cryptomeria in the catalogue
2 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
