Common Name:
Japanese Umbrella Pine
Only a single species in this genus, Sciadopitys verticilliata.
Sciadopitys: from the Greek skias or skiados, an umbrella or parasail, and pitys, a fir or pine. The narrow leaves have a whorled arrangement, like the spokes of an umbrella.
Pronunciation:
si-a-DOP-i-tis
Family:
Sciadopityaceae