Living habits
Cold tolerance, poor wind resistance. Drought-tolerant, wet-loving, but not waterlogging-tolerant. Fertility-tolerant Platycladus orientalis likes light, but its seedlings and young trees have certain shade tolerance. It can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil. The growth rate is slow, the age of the tree can generally reach more than 400 years, and it generally grows on the shady side of the mountain.