Microbiota is a monotypic genus of coniferous shrubs in the cypress family, Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Microbiota decussata, the Siberian cypress, or Russian arborvitae. It is endemic to a limited area of the Sikhote-Alin mountains in Primorskiy Krai in the Russian Far East. The genus name Microbiota is not to be confused with the term "microbiota" for the range of micro-organisms of a life system. The genus name is derived from micro-, meaning "small", + Biota, a synonym of the genus Platycladus, a closely related conifer genus with the sole species Platycladus orientalis.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Siberian 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
- Juniperus sabina
- Chamaecyparis pisifera
- × Hesperotropsis leylandii
- Juniperus pseudosabina
- Platycladus orientalis
- Juniperus procumbens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Microbiota
- Species
- Microbiota decussata
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