| Scientific Name: | Microbiota decussata |
| Common Name: | Siberian cypress |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 2: (-46 to -40 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Horizontal |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Scale-like, Imbricate, Sessile, Leathery, Glabrous, Rhomboidal, Other, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Low, spreading conifer similar to some junipers but with branch tips not turning upwards and without a distinctive juniper scent; mature foliage leaves 4-ranked (opposite pairs), scale-like, 2mm long, dull-green, bronze colour in winter; juvenile foliage leaves awl-like with some awls needle-like; seed cones sparse, dry, up to 6mm long x 3mm wide, scales 3mm long; seeds one per cone, rounded-oval, smooth, brown, wingless. <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/cu/Microbiota.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org</a>. | |