Platycladus orientalis ( Athrotaxoides Chinese Arborvitae )
Conical evergreen conifer with red - browned barque . The leaves are stark , scale - comparable , low , triangular , average greenish to sensationalistic - dark-green , and hold in a decided vertical carpenter’s plane . Female cones are minuscule , to 3/4 in long , flask - shaped , greyish - brown , with 3 to 4 yoke of opposite scales . in effect for wind break or as a hedge ....