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Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara cypress or Sawara Japanese: サワラ, romanized: Sawara) is a species of conifer in the cypress family, Cupressaceae. It is native to central and southern Japan, on the islands of Honshū and Kyūshū.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sawara cypress being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- × Hesperotropsis leylandii
- Chamaecyparis obtusa
- Chamaecyparis lawsoniana
- Cupressus pendula
- Platycladus orientalis
- Thujopsis dolabrata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Chamaecyparis
- Species
- Chamaecyparis pisifera
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