Golden cypress is an evergreen shrub or arbor plant of golden cypress in Cupressaceae. Admiralty cypress has dense branches, flat branchlets and scaly leaves. The scale leaf born in the center of the branchlet is rhombic-oval, and the top is as pure as the scale leaf born on the side of the branchlet, with green on both sides. Monoecious, with different branches, cones are inserted at the ends of branches, and the male cones are round, reddish or yellowish: the female cones are small, green or purplish; Mature cones are solitary, oval or oblong. Jin Zhongbai was named "Jin Zhongbai" because it grew on a cliff.
Golden cypress is a rare and endangered plant. 1999 A small number of plants were found in Daba Mountain area of Chongqing, and later found in Xuebaoshan Nature Reserve and Xuanhan County of Sichuan Province, and logging was prohibited. The List of the First Rare and Endangered Protected Plants in China published by 1984 designated Sabina orientalis as a national second-class protected wild plant, which was adjusted to a national first-class protected wild plant in September of 20021year and included in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species-Endangered (EN). Golden cypress grows at an altitude of 700-2 100 meters. Golden cypress is a positive tree, slightly resistant to shade, barren, dry soil, avoid water accumulation, like humid air, calcareous soil, not acid-resistant soil and saline soil. Require moderate temperature; Because of its poor living conditions, there is no artificial introduction and cultivation.