短叶柳杉

cv. 'Araucarioides', Dallimore and Jackson, rev. Harrison, Handb. Conif. and Ginkgo. ed. 4. 184. 1966. ——Cryptomeria araucarioides Henk. et Hochst. Syn. Nadelh. 269. 1865. ——Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don var. araucarioides Sieb. in Sieb. et Zucc. Fl. Jap. 2: 52. 1870; Kent, Veitch's Man. Conif. ed. 2. 264. 1900; Dallimore and Jackson, Handb. Conif. ed. 3. 253. 1948; 郝景盛, 中国裸子植物志, 再版 82. 1951. ——Cryptomeria japonica (Linn. f.) D. Don f. araucarioides (Henk. et Hochst.) Beissn. Syst. Eintheil. Conif. 20. 1887; Rehd. Bibliogr. Cult. Trees and Shrubs 43. 1949.

叶短小较硬，长不及1-1.5厘米，通常长短不等，长叶和短叶在小枝上交替排列（即由短叶至长叶，再由长叶递减为短叶）；小枝细长，下垂。