Thuja koraiensis
Thuja koraiensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Cupressales
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Family: | Cupressaceae |
Genus: | Thuja |
Species: | T. koraiensis
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Binomial name | |
Thuja koraiensis |
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Thuja koraiensis, also called Korean arborvitae,
It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 3–10 m tall. The foliage forms flat sprays with scale-like leaves 2–4 mm long (up to 15 mm long on strong-growing shoots), matt dark green above, and with broad, vivid white stomatal wax bands below. The cones are oval, yellow-green ripening red-brown, 7–11 mm long and 4–5 mm broad (opening to 6–9 mm broad), with 8-12 overlapping scales.[3]
It is occasionally grown as an
ornamental tree
for the contrast between the green upper and bright white lower sides of the foliage, though planting is limited by the low availability of seeds.
References
- ^ . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
- ^ ISBN 1-84246-068-4