Cunninghamia lanceolata

Common name: China fir

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Glauca’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  7-9

Mature height and spread:  10-25m; 3-10m

Form: evergreen conifer

Water use: medium

Soil requirements: moist, acidic, well-drained soils; part shade

Leaf arrangement:  stiff, narrowly, spirally arranged, 3-7cm long, base is widest, curve, sharp; stomatal bands on both surfaces

Flower/cone/fruit description(s):  rounded, walnut-sized; scales pointed and spreading

Limitations: tolerate full sun

Suitable uses:  specimen

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http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ldplants/culan.htm

https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~jhayden/conifers/cunninghamia.html