Nature Production / Japanese sugi pine (Cryptomeria japonica) Shirakami Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Akita Prefecture, Japan.

Cyril Ruoso / The Wilson stump, a Japanese sugi pine (Cryptomeria) which was cut by the Shimazu clan in 1586, at an estimated age of over 3,000 years. The base circumference is 32 m and 4.39 m across at chest hei...

Cyril Ruoso / Maple (Acer sp) tree in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation, Kansai Region, Japan, November 2008.

Cyril Ruoso / Maple (Acer sp) tree in a Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation, Kansai Region, Japan, November 2008.

Vladimir Medvedev / Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) forest, Amur Region, Russia.

Vladimir Medvedev / Siberian dwarf pine tree (Pinus pumila) cones, Amur Region, Russia.

Kevin Schafer / Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica), Shiratani Unsuikyo, Kirishima-Yaku National Park, Yakushima Island, Japan

Olga Kamenskaya / Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) Zabaikalsky National Park/ Barguzin prezerv, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia, September 2013.

Cyril Ruoso / Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica), Jomon Sugi, the oldest and largest of its kind is at least two thousand years old, Yakushima Island, Japan

Cyril Ruoso / Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation, Yoshino-Kumano National Park, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Cedar / Yakusugi tree (Cryptomeria japonica) ancient tree with exposed roots, Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Cedar / Yakusugi tree (Cryptomeria japonica) ancient tree with moss covered trunk, Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan