Platycladus

Description

Platycladus is a monotypic genus of coniferous trees in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, the Chinese thuja, Oriental arborvitae, Chinese arborvitae, biota or Oriental thuja. It is native to northeastern parts of East Asia and North Asia, but is also now naturalised as an introduced species in other regions of the Asian continent.