Oriental Arborvitae
Thuja orientalis · Cupressaceae · 측백나무
How to spot it
Unlike Thuja, the leaf surface has no developed protrusions, and the genus Platycladus is separated by differences in cones and seeds.
Look
- Leaves
- Rhombic scale leaves grow in opposite pairs, with pointed tips and slight white dots, 1.6 to 2.8 mm long.
- Flowers
- Cone flowers open in April on the same tree (monoecious).
- Fruit
- Egg-shaped cones, 10.5 to 16.6 mm long, with 4 to 6 scales, ripen in September. The seeds are elliptic to egg-shaped and wingless.
- Bark
- The trunk is gray-brown with bark cracking lengthwise, and large branches are reddish brown.
Where it grows
- In Korea
- Native (Korean Peninsula)
- Native to
- Found in Asia, including Korea (Chungbuk, Gyeongbuk), Japan, China, Russia and India; in Korea it is limited to a few areas such as Danyang, Daegu and Andong.
Famous Oriental Arborvitae trees in Korea
- Oriental Arborvitae of Samcheong-dong, SeoulNatural Monument No. 255 · about 300 years · Samcheong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul
- Oriental Arborvitae Forest of Dodong, DaeguNatural Monument No. 1 · Dodong, Dong-gu, Daegu
- Oriental Arborvitae Forest of Yeongcheon-ri, DanyangNatural Monument No. 62 · Maepo-eup, Danyang-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do
- Oriental Arborvitae Forest of Gamcheon-ri, YeongyangNatural Monument No. 114 · Yeongyang-eup, Yeongyang-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Oriental Arborvitae Forest of Guri, AndongNatural Monument No. 252 · Namhu-myeon, Andong-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do