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Platycladus orientalis
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Platycladus is a monotypic genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja. It is native to northeastern parts of East Asia and North Asia, but is also now naturalised as an introduced species in other regions of the Asian continent.
- Family
- Cupressaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Platycladus orientalis
- Slug
- platycladus-orientalis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Platycladus
- Species
- orientalis
- Wikidata QID
- Q33482
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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