Cupressus funebris seed
LATIN NAME: Cupressus funebris
COMMON NAME: Chinese Weeping Cypress
The Chinese weeping cypress is a handsome, upright, columnar or narrowly conical, evergreen conifer of the warm woodlands, and its fine, small, scale-like, greyish-green leaves and its small, round, brown cones of the many winged seeds have made it a treasured and long-known tree of the region. It grows as an upright, columnar or narrowly conical, evergreen conifer, reaching up to twenty metres or more, with the upright, tapering trunk bearing the dense, drooping, columnar crown of the fine, small, scale-like, greyish-green leaves and, through the year, the small, round, brown cones of the many winged seeds. It is a species of the coniferous tree in the cypress family, and it is native to the warm woodlands of the central and the eastern China, while it is prized for its fine, aromatic wood and its graceful form, and it is known as the Chinese weeping cypress.
The Chinese weeping cypress belongs to the cypress family, Cupressaceae, and it is a species of the upright, columnar, evergreen conifer, native to the warm woodlands of the central and the eastern China, while it is prized for its fine, aromatic wood and its graceful form, and it is known as the Chinese weeping cypress. It is prized for its fine, small, scale-like, greyish-green leaves and its graceful, columnar form.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Chinese weeping cypress has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the chemistry of the natural products, since the fine, aromatic wood and the leaves of the Chinese weeping cypress are rich in the fine volatile oils, and researchers have examined the wood and its constituents, while the study of the aromatic oils has drawn attention in the international botanical and materials press, and the fine, fragrant wood has been of value. The plant has also been studied in the forestry and the wood science, since its fine, durable, aromatic wood has made it a valued tree of the region, and researchers have examined its timber, its growth and its management, while the value of the cypress wood has been of continuing interest, and its fine, durable timber has been of value. The species has also been studied in the botany and the ecology, since it is a native of the warm woodlands of the central and the eastern China, and its relationships, its distribution and its role in the forest have been examined, while the ecology of the warm-forest conifers has been of continuing interest, and its fine, small, scale-like leaves have been of interest to the botanists. For a tree of such fine value, the Chinese weeping cypress has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the Chinese weeping cypress is a generous tree of the garden. Its small, round, brown cones feed the seed-eating birds, and its fine, dense, scale-leaved crown gives a fine cover and a shelter to the birds through the year.
Its economic value is real. The Chinese weeping cypress is prized for its fine, aromatic, durable wood and its graceful form, and its value has drawn attention in the international botanical and materials press, while its fine, durable timber has been used in the building and the fine woodwork of the region, and its graceful, columnar form in the garden. For a grower, the Chinese weeping cypress is a rewarding and graceful tree, and for a gardener it brings a scale-leaved, cone-bearing, columnar tree to the warm garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a period of cold, damp storage in the fridge, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them gently watered, and they’ll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a scale-leaved, cone-bearing, columnar tree.
CHINESE WEEPING CYPRESS
GENUS CUPRESSUS FUNEBRIS
Cupressus funebris, commonly known as Chinese Weeping Cypress is native to southwestern and central China. It is a medium-sized conifer growing to 20-35 m In height tall, with a trunk up to 2 m diameter. The foliage grows in dense, slender, moderately pendulous sprays of bright green with slightly flattened shoots. The leaves are scale-like, 1-2 mm long, up to 5 mm long on strong lead shoots.
Young trees up to about 5-10 years old have juvenile foliage with soft needle-like leaves 3-8 mm long. The scented yellow flowers appear in October and November and crushed foliage has the scent of grass. The seed cones are globose, 8-15 mm long, green maturing to dark brown. The cones open at maturity to shed the seed. The pollen cones are 3-5 mm long, and release pollen in early spring.
It is cultivated as an ornamental tree in warm temperate regions.
It can take a range of soils ranging from acid to alkaline, sandy to well-drained loam or peat in full sun. It is very tolerant of hot, dry conditions although in Australia it is best suited to the southern states. It is moderately frost tolerant. Cultivation is from seed. Germination is improved by three weeks of stratification/cold treatment.