We crossed the parking lot and entered the outdoor pavilion of the bonsai exhibit through a Japanese-style wooden gate that led to a path called the Cryptomeria Walk. From Wordnik.com. [The Viognier Vendetta] Reference
Cool temperate zone coniferous forest, characterised by Abies firma, Tsuga sieboldii and Cryptomeria japonica occurs, rather than the cool temperate beech forests typical of the mainland. From Wordnik.com. [Yakushima (Yaku-Island), Japan] Reference
Following World War II, the Forestry Agency of Japan promoted clear-cutting of the high-elevation conifer forests and replaced them with Japanese timber species such as sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) and Kara-matsu (Larix leptolepis). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in Japan] Reference
Among tree species are Eyer evergreen chinquapin Castonopsis eyeri, Farges evergreen chinquapin C. fabri, Hance tanbark oak Lithocarpus hancei, blue Japanese oak Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Taiwan pine Pinus taiwanesis, Chinese little-leaf box tree Buxus sinica var. parvifolia, common Chinese birch Cunninghmia lanceolata, Chinese cedar Cryptomeria fortunei, Masson pine P. Massoniana, etc. From Wordnik.com. [Mount Wuyi, China] Reference
Only round the old temples, mostly small and inconsiderable, were to be seen ancient tall Cryptomeria and Ginko trees. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
Although these trees are commonly called Japanese cedar they're actually not true cedars (they are Cryptomeria japonica). From Wordnik.com. [News On Japan] Reference
Native vegetation that has escaped clearing for pasture is threatened by introduced species such as Japanese red cedar (Cryptomeria japonica), the Incenso tree (Pittosporum undulatum), kahili ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum), Hottentot fig (Carpobrotus edulis), Gunnera tinctoria, and Clethra arborea (native to Madeira Island). From Wordnik.com. [Azores temperate mixed forests] Reference
Jomon Sugi, a Cryptomeria tree on Yakushima Island, Japan. From Wordnik.com. [New Scientist - Online News] Reference
Avenue of Cryptomeria to Futaaru Temple, Nikko. From Wordnik.com. [The Critic in the Orient] Reference
Avenue of Cryptomeria to Futaaru Temple, Nikko V. From Wordnik.com. [The Critic in the Orient] Reference
Cryptomeria japonica) and deodar cedar. From Wordnik.com. [KFDM.com Breaking News : News] Reference
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