Chamaecyparis pisifera Sawara Cypress
Cypreswydd Sawara
(Siebold & Zucc.) Siebold & Zucc.
Native to Japan, where it often occurs with Hinoki Cypress, and like that species is valued in forestry there. Probably brought to Britain with Hinoki Cypress in 1861 where it is now available in several cultivated forms which are planted in cemeteries, parks and estates. It is rarely recorded in West Glamorgan.