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| {{SPlantbox | | {{SPlantbox |
| |familia=Cupressaceae | | |familia=Cupressaceae |
− | |genus=Thuja | + | |genus=Thuja |
| |species=sutchuenensis | | |species=sutchuenensis |
| + | |common_name=Sichuan Thuja |
| + | |name_ref=Wikipedia |
| + | |habit=tree |
| + | |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |Min ht box=10 | | |Min ht box=10 |
| |Min ht metric=ft | | |Min ht metric=ft |
| |Max ht box=60 | | |Max ht box=60 |
| |Max ht metric=ft | | |Max ht metric=ft |
| + | |height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |Min wd box=10 | | |Min wd box=10 |
| |Min wd metric=ft | | |Min wd metric=ft |
| |Max wd box=20 | | |Max wd box=20 |
| |Max wd metric=ft | | |Max wd metric=ft |
| + | |width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| + | |lifespan=perennial |
| + | |life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |exposure=sun | | |exposure=sun |
| + | |sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| + | |flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |Temp Metric=°F | | |Temp Metric=°F |
| |min_zone=6 | | |min_zone=6 |
| + | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia |
| |max_zone=9 | | |max_zone=9 |
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| |image=Upload.png | | |image=Upload.png |
| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
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− | Describe the plant here...
| + | '''''Thuja sutchuenensis''''' ('''Sichuan Thuja''') is a species of [[thuja]], an [[evergreen]] [[conifer]]ous [[tree]] in the cypress family [[Cupressaceae]]. It is native to [[China]], where it is a critically endangered local [[endemic (ecology)|endemic]] in [[Chongqing]] Municipality in eastern [[Sichuan]]. |
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| + | It is a small or medium-sized tree, reaching possibly 20 m tall, though no trees of this size are currently known. The foliage forms in flat sprays with scale-like [[leaf|leaves]] 1.5-4 mm long, green above, and with narrow white [[stoma]]tal bands below. The [[conifer cone|cones]] are oval, green ripening brown, 5-8 mm long and 3-4.2 mm broad (opening to 7 mm broad), with 8-10 overlapping scales. |
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| ==Cultivation== | | ==Cultivation== |