The Sicheltanne (Cryptomeria japonica) is the only kind from the kind Cryptomeria in that the (Cupressaceae).

Spreading

Their homeland is China and Japan (see more exact). From its original homeland it was far spread in Asia as a forest tree. To Europe it was introduced 1842 from China and 1861 from Japan. In Central European parks and gardens it is planted only rarely.

The Sicheltanne preferentially cool damp areas, where it proves as quite

Description

The Sicheltanne is an evergreen tree; it reaches a stature height of scarcely 40 M. the crust is orange to red-brown, at the age rather dark-brown. The crown of tree is narrowly conical and locks in the summit approximately. The long recent branches often are hanging; the freshgreen hard sheets become about 15 mm long. The Chinese form has thereby longer needles and flabbier branches than the Japanese.

The Sicheltanne is getrenntgeschlechtig The spherical 2 cm large taps sit on upward curved handles. They are rough by five to six short curved thorns at each Zapfen-Schuppe.

• Cryptomeria japonica var. japonica (Syn.: Cupressus japonica, Taxodium japonicum): It is domestic only in Japan, from Kyushu in the northern Honshu in altitudes from 0 to 400 m NN.
• Cryptomeria japonica var. sinensis (Syn.: Cryptomeria kawaii, C. mairei, C. fortunei): Their homeland are the Chinese provinces Fujian, Jiangxi, itself SCN, Yunnan as well as the northwest Zhejiang; it seems to m to 2500 m NN in altitudes of 1100.

Breed forms

• "“Compacta"” (Syn.: "“Lobbii"”): This form is to be found in gardens more frequently than the type and 1853 over Java from Japan was introduced. It has a closer, but more uneven crown as well as shorter branches than the type.
• "“Cristata"”: It is to be found rarely. It becomes high only to 10 m and trains a very narrow crown.
• "“Elegans"”: This form is to be found with us quite more frequently. It has fox-red crust; the narrow sheets are soft and about 20 mm long. This form is

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