Abstract

Seedlings of Chamaecyparis formosensis, C. taiwanensis and C. lawsoniana were grown in well-watered nursery conditions. Scale leaves of the three species differed slightly in the general distribution of stomata. In C. lawsoniana, size and stomatal characteristies of facial scale leaves were similar to lateral leaves, and similar to facial leaves of other species. In the other two species, lateral leaves were larger than facial leaves, with more stomata but lower stomatal