Platycladus orientalis
Oriental Arborvitae
Cupressaceae

Located on NW corner of the last building of Tower Dorms, in back near road.

  • leaves small, scale-like, appressed to stem
  • leaves medium green in summer, often yellow/bronze in winter
  • leaves lack white lines underneath, blunt tipped
  • branches borne in vertical plane
  • branches upright, flattened
  • habit very dense, even with age
  • bark gray/orange and shredding
  • cones fleshy and blue when young, woody and brown with age
  • cones have pronounced hook on back of bract scales


View Platycladus orientalis page in the UConn Plant Database

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