Scientific Name:
Chamaecyparis pisifera
Pronunciation:
kam-ee-SIP-uh-riss pih-SIFF-ur-uh
Common Name:
false cypress, sawara cypress
Family Name:
Cupressaceae
Plant Type:
Conifer
Key ID Features:
Shaggy growth habit, 15-22(-50)m tall (most cultivars 2-10m tall in 15 years); juvenile leaves acicular, 6mm long, spreading in 4 rows, blue-green, whitish beneath; mature leaves scale-like, 3mm long, sharp-pointed, overlapping, opposite in 4 rows, top pair flattened, side pair keeled, each scale smoothly rounded and minutely mucronate; seed cones on short stalks, round, ruffled (like a pea seed), 5-8mm wide with 8-10(-12) scales with small pointed tips, green, maturing brown in fall; seeds 1-2 beaneath each scale; seeds ~2mm long plus ~4mm long wing. Conifers.org
Habit:
Irregular
Form:
Irregular, Pyramidal - narrowly
Texture:
Fine
Mature Height:
15 - 22m
Mature Spread:
15 - 25m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China (Japan)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun
Soil/Growing Medium:
Humus rich, Well-drained
Landscape Uses:
Hedge row, Screening
Additional Info:
Google. Cultivars shown or on campus may include
C. 'Aurea Nana',
C. 'Filifera',
C. 'Plumosa Aurea', and
C. 'Sungold'.
See separate entries for
C. 'Boulevard' and
C.'Filifera Aurea'
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Scale-like
Arrangement:
Opposite, Imbricate
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Prickly
Surfaces:
Glabrous, Glaucous
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green
Colour in Fall:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Acicular, Rhomboidal, Other
Apices:
Acute, Subulate (awl-shaped)
Bases:
Sheathing
Margins:
Entire
Inflorescence Type:
n/a (male cone)
Flower Morphology:
Monoecious plant
Colour (petals):
Male cone, No flowers, Brown, Black
Flower Time at Peak:
Mar, Apr
Fruit Type:
Cone (winged seeds)
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Sep, Oct
Bark Morphology:
Shaggy, Stringy
Bark or Stem Colour:
Red, Brown
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Root rot (Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant, Rabbit resistant)
Course(s):
- HORT 1155
Location(s):
- (FEA) Field lab Equipment Area : cv. Sungold
- (GAZ) GAZebo
- (GAZN) GAZebo North : cv. Filifera Aurea
- (HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa : q.3 cv. White Pygmy or...
- (NRY) NuRserY : 584
- (ONE) Overpass North side East : cv. Filifera Aurea
- (ONW) Overpass North side West : cv. Boulevard
- (TFL) Turf Field Lab
- (TFLW) Turf Field Lab West : cv. Filifera
- (WLG) WoodLand Garden : cv. Filifera