Common Name:
Oriental Arborvitae
A genus in the cypress family containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese or Oriental arborvitae. In the nursery trade still known as Thuja orientalis (see)
Platycladus: from the Greek platy, flat and klados, branch; a reference to the flat-branchlets
Pronunciation:
plat-ee-KLAD-us
Family:
Cupressaceae