Some Sciadopitys facts were relatively easy to grasp, fortunately. Although the umbrella pine may grow as high as 100 feet in the cool cloud forests of its native central Japan, ...

What: The thick, dark green needles of Sciadopitys verticillata are held like the ribs of an umbrella around its stems, giving it a unique appearance. It is very slow-growing and columnar in shape ...

Recent molecular data have shown that Sciadopitys first branches off from the Cupressaceae plus Taxaceae clade, which is characterized by granular exine. Although the ectexine of Sciadopitys is ...