Plumosa Falsecypress, Plume Sawara falsecypress, Plume Sawara cypresstree             kam-e-SIP-a-ris pi-SIF-er -a

• Conifer, evergreen tree, conical habit, 30-65 ft (10-20 m)tall, out spread branches.  Branchlets feathery, leaves needle-like, 3-4 mm long, somewhat spreading (partially juvenile), green above, whitish below; may become brownish in winter.  Fruits only on occasion.
• Foliage of ‘Plumosa’ is considered intermediate between the species type, which has appressed leaves, and ‘Squarrosa’, which has leaves that are spreading, flat, linear, and soft.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4    Introduced to England from Japan in 1861 by J.G. Veitch.   This is one of the Plumosa Group, which is made up of a large number of forms, including normal, upright; slow growing, conical; and dwarf, globose; and each of the growth types may various variegated form, e.g., ‘Plumosa Aurea Compacta’.
• Eugene, Oregon: University of Oregon campus, 15th and Unviversity.