青檜

青檜學名Chamaecyparis obtusa (Siebold & Zucc.) Endl.，柏科柏木亞科扁柏屬常綠喬木植物，又稱日本扁柏、日本黃檜、日本青檜、日本檜木、八房津山檜、八房檜、白柏、鈍葉扁柏，原產於日本，多園藝栽培種，如：'Blue Feathers'、'Breviramea'(雲片柏)、'Chabo Yadori'、'Confucius'、'Compacta'、'Coralliformis'、'Crippsii'(黃金檜)、'Fernspray Gold'、'Filicoides'(鳳尾柏)、'Golden Hinoki'、'Tetragona'(孔雀柏)...等，裸子植物，樹高約十至二十公尺，可達四十公尺，胸徑約一百五十公分，樹冠尖塔形，植株具香味，樹皮紅褐色，易裂成薄片，呈鱗片狀或有縱槽，具樹脂，生鱗葉之小枝扁平，排成一平面，葉鱗片狀，略呈三角形，交互對生，側邊鱗葉對折，幼苗上之鱗葉常交互針狀，密覆小枝，端部鈍形，小枝上面中間葉露出部分近方形，長一、二公釐，鱗葉長約三公釐，肥厚狀，葉片呈渦狀捲曲，葉面綠色，有時呈赤色，背面有白線或微被白粉，葉背部微具縱脊，通常無腺點，毬花，單性花，雌雄同株，花單生，頂生，生於短枝頂端，雄毬花小，橢圓形，花黃色，有三、四對互動對生之雄蕊，每一枚雄蕊有三至五枚花藥，孢子葉三至四對，雌毬花球形，有珠鱗三至六對，互動對生，每珠鱗內有直立胚珠二枚，稀五枚，毬果，圓球形，徑約八至十公離，熟時紅褐色，果鱗約四對，頂部五角形，平或中央稍凹，有小尖頭，木質，每一果鱗具有種子一、二枚，種子近圓形，種子長二、三公釐，兩側有窄翅。

扁柏(Chamaecyparis)屬常見之品種有：
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Chamaecyparis formosensis(台灣紅檜、紅檜、松蘿、薄皮、水古杉)
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Chamaecyparis lawsoniana(美國扁柏、美國檜、美洲花柏、羅森檜、羅森氏扁柏)
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Alumii'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Barry's Silver'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Columnaris'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Ellwoodii'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Elwood's Pillar'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Golden Showers'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Imbricata Pendula'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Minima Aurea'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Nidiformis'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Oregon Blue'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pembury Blue'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Pygmaea Argentea'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Silver Queen'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Summer Snow'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'SOD Resistant'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Treasure Island'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Van Pelt's Blue'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Wissel's Saguaro'
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Yvonne'
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Chamaecyparis nootkatensis(阿拉斯加扁柏)
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Aurea'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Aureovariegata'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca Compacta'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Glauca Pendula'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Green Arrow'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Pendula'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Strict Weeper'
Chamaecyparis nootkatensis 'Variegata'
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Chamaecyparis obtusa(青檜、日本扁柏、日本黃檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa var. formosana(台灣扁柏、黃檜、松梧、厚殼)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Baldwin's Variegated'(雪花檜、雲南白檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Blue Feathers'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Breviramea'(雲片柏)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Chabo Yadori'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Confucius'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Compacta'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Coralliformis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Cripsii'(黃金檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Crippsii'(黃金檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Fernspray Gold'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides'(鳳尾柏)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Filicoides Compacta'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Golden Hinoki'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Gracilis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Kosteri'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lemon Twist'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lutea Nova'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Lycopodioides'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Mariesii'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Nana Gracilis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Pyramidalis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Rainbow'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Sekka'(石化檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Snowkist'(雪花檜、雲南白檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Spiralis'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Split Rock'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Sunspray'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Templehof'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Tetragona'(孔雀柏)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Tetragona Aurea'
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Sekka ?'(日本石化檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Sekka ?'(黃金石化檜)
Chamaecyparis obtusa 'Sekka ?'(羽毛黃金檜、黃金羽毛石化檜)
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Chamaecyparis pisifera(日本花柏、羽葉花柏)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Baby Blue Ice
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard'(藍柏)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Blue Bird'(藍羽柏)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Compacta Variegata'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Cream Ball'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Curly Tops'(藍柏)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Cyano Viridis'(藍柏)
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Devon Cream'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Dow Whiting'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aurea'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Aureovariegata'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Filifera Golden Mop'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'King's Gold'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Lemon Thread'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Miko'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Mini Variegated'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Albopicta'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Aurea'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Plumosa Compressa'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Silver Lode'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Snow'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Soft Serve'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Squarrosa Sulphurea'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Sungold'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Tsukumo'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'White Beauty'
Chamaecyparis pisifera 'White Pygmy'
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Chamaecyparis thyoides(美國尖葉扁柏、大西洋雪杉、雪松、側葉扁柏)
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Andelyensis'
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Aurea'
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Glauca Pendula'
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Red Star'
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Rubicon'
Chamaecyparis thyoides 'Variegata'
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Chamaecyparis 'Slender Hinoki'
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