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The Koyamaki (Sciadopitys verticillata) or Japanese Umbrella-pine, is a unique conifer endemic
Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
 to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Sciadopitys, a living fossil
Living fossil

Living fossil is an informal term for any living species of organism which appears to be the same as a species otherwise only known from fossils and which has no close living relatives....
 with no close relatives, and known in the fossil record for about 230 million years.

It is an evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
 that can grow 15-27m tall, with brown main shoots bearing whorls of 7-12cm long flexible green cladodes which look like, and perform the function of, leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 but are actually composed of stem
Plant stem

A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold buds which grow into one or more leaf, inflorescence , conifer cones or other stems etc....
 tissues; occasionally, a cladode will be forked and produce a bud in the 'v' of the fork.






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The Koyamaki (Sciadopitys verticillata) or Japanese Umbrella-pine, is a unique conifer endemic
Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a particular geographic location, such as a specific island, Habitat type, nation, or other defined zone....
 to Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
. It is the sole member of the family Sciadopityaceae and genus
Genus

A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
 Sciadopitys, a living fossil
Living fossil

Living fossil is an informal term for any living species of organism which appears to be the same as a species otherwise only known from fossils and which has no close living relatives....
 with no close relatives, and known in the fossil record for about 230 million years.

Sciadopitys Verticillata1
It is an evergreen
Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant having leaf all year round. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which completely lose their foliage for part of the year....
 tree
TREE

TREE was a Boston hardcore punk band formed in the summer of 1990. They were active in the Boston music scene until disbanding in 2002....
 that can grow 15-27m tall, with brown main shoots bearing whorls of 7-12cm long flexible green cladodes which look like, and perform the function of, leaves
Leaf

In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant Organ specialized for photosynthesis. For this purpose, a leaf is typically flat and thin, to expose the cells containing chloroplast to light over a broad area, and to allow light to penetrate fully into the tissues....
 but are actually composed of stem
Plant stem

A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold buds which grow into one or more leaf, inflorescence , conifer cones or other stems etc....
 tissues; occasionally, a cladode will be forked and produce a bud in the 'v' of the fork. The cones
Conifer cone

A cone is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta that contains the plant sexuality structures. The familiar woody cone is the female cone, which produces seeds....
 are 6-11cm long, mature in about 18 months, and have flattish scales which open to release the seed
Seed

A seed is a small Plant embryogenesis plant enclosed in a covering called the seed coat, usually with some Food storage. It is the product of the ripened ovule of gymnosperm and angiosperm plants which occurs after fertilization and some growth within the mother plant....
s.

It is a very attractive tree and is popular in gardens, despite its slow growth rate and high cost.


Koyamaki was chosen as the Japanese Imperial crest
Mon (badge)

File:Imperial Seal of Japan.svgFile:Mitsubaaoi2.svg', also ', ', and ', are Japanese heraldry symbols. Mon may refer to any symbol, while kamon and mondokoro refer specifically to family symbols....
 for Prince Hisahito of Akishino
Prince Hisahito of Akishino

, currently third in line to the Japanese throne, is the third child of the Prince Akishino and Princess Akishino, and their first son.He was born at 8:27 a.m....
, currently third in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne
Chrysanthemum Throne

File:Emperor Tenji.jpgThe Chrysanthemum Throne is the English language term used to identify the throne of the Emperor of Japan. The term can refer to very specific seating, as in the raised thrones constructed in the Shishin-den for Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun on November 10, 1928 ....
.

The plant was first introduced to Europe by John Gould Veitch
John Gould Veitch

John Gould Veitch was a Horticulture and traveller, one of the first Victorian era Plant_collecting#Collection_of_live_specimens to visit Japan....
 in September 1860.

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  • ,, Flavon's Wild herb and Alpine plants