Juan Manuel Borrero / Ferns in front of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Natural Monument of Caldeira Velha, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Ferns in front of Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Natural Monument of Caldeira Velha, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Hiker on track through Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) seedling. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Devasa mountain range, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forests near Fogo Lake with view down to Atlantic Ocean. Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forests near Fogo Lake with view down to Atlantic Ocean. Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal. 2019.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest in Devasa mountain range. Sete Cidades, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Lombadas Valley Nature Reserve, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Lombadas Valley Nature Reserve, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

Juan Manuel Borrero / Footpath through Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) forest. Lombadas Valley Nature Reserve, Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal.

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

Nature Production / Aerial view of Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria brachbotrys) climbing and flowering over fir and cedar trees, Japan

Aflo / N-6405 Japanese cedar tree plantation, Japan.

Aflo / N-6404 Japanese cedar tree plantation, Japan.

Aflo / N-6402 Japanese cedar tree plantation, Japan.

Aflo / N-6104 Sunlight on Japanese cedar tree plantation, Japan.

Aflo / N-6001 Japanese cedar tree (Cryptomeria japonica) plantation, Japan.

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} two young monkeys sitting in cedar tree in winter, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese macaque / Snow monkey {Macaca fuscata} two young monkeys sitting in cedar tree in winter, Jigokudani, Nagano, Japan

Barry Mansell / Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) perched on Japanese Plums, North Florida, USA

Nature Production / Sugi / Japanese Cedar {Cryptomeria japonica} cloud of pollen, Japan

Rob Tilley / Yakushima Cedar / Yaku Sugi {Pinus amamiana} Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan

Konrad Wothe / Japanese Cedar (Cryptomeria japonica) snow-covered forest in Japanese Macaque Reserve, Hokkaido Island, Japan

Olga Kamenskaya / Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila) growing on lake shore, Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia. July.