Spermatophytes (seed plants): Gymnosperms (non-flowering plants): Conifers: Cupressales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Platycladus orientalis
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platycladus orientalis
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Biota orientalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Thuja orientalis
COMMON NAME:
Oriental Arborvitae, Tree-of-life
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W.D. Brush / USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service pnd_thor_001_lvp
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JK Marlow jkm170113_088
January Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160213_018
February Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160213_019
February Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160213_020
February Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160213_021
February Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160222_047
February Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Branchlets flattened in vertical planes [T. occidentalis's are horizontal], per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
conifers (not including Pines)
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JK Marlow jkm160426_140
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Cones roundish, egg-shaped, 3/4" long, fleshy, bluish before opening, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
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JK Marlow jkm160426_147
April Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160527_018
May Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm160811_021
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm151105_050
November Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaves of Platycladus & Thuja are obtuse; leaves of Chamaecyparis are acute, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm151105_055
November Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Each of the cone's six scales with a hornlike projection, per Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Platycladus orientalis
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Platycladus orientalis
FAMILY
Cupressaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Biota orientalis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Linnaeus
Thuja orientalis
3970
Shrub; Tree
Perennial
Monoecious
Non-native: China & Manchuria
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waif(s)
Look for it . It is commonly planted, especially in graveyards, and rarely persisting and spreading to pastures, fields, and roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
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or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
"FLOWER":
Flowers solitary, terminal
FRUIT:
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