Thuja orientalis

Chinese arborvitae
Platycladus orientalis Morton Arboretum acc. 168-53#3
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Family:	Cupressaceae
Genus:	Platycladus Spach
Species:	P. orientalis
Binomial name
Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco
Synonyms
Biota (D.Don) Endl., illegitimate superfluous name Thuja orientalis L. Biota orientalis (L.) Endl. and dozens more in Cupressus, Thuja, Platycladus, Biota, Chamaecyparis, Juniperus, Retinispora, Widdringtonia

Platycladus is a distinct genus of evergreen coniferous tree in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing only one species, Platycladus orientalis, also known as Chinese thuja,Oriental arborvitae,Chinese arborvitae, biota or oriental thuja. It is native to northwestern China, Korea, and the Russian Far East (Amur + Khabarovsk). It is also now naturalised as an introduced species elsewhere in Asia: eastward to Japan; southward to northern India; and westward to northern Iran.