Thuja dolabrata Thunberg ex Linnaeus f., Suppl. Pl. 420. 1782; Platycladus dolabrata (Thunberg ex Linnaeus f.) Spach; Thujopsis dolabrata var. australis A. Henry.

Trees to 15 m tall; bark thin, gray or reddish brown, peel-

ing off in long strips; crown pyramidal; branches ascending; branchlets 4-6 mm in diam. Leaves lustrous; facial leaves appressed, broadly obovate; lateral leaves ascending, deep green adaxially, ovate-lanceolate, 4-7 × 1.5-2.2 mm, with a white stomatal band abaxially, apex obtuse, slightly incurved. Seed cones 1-1.6 cm. Seeds ellipsoid, 4-5 × 3-3.5 mm; wing thick.

Cultivated for ornament. Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang [native to Japan].

Cultivated for ornament. Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang [native to Japan].