As for the Taiwan red cypress-merihi in Japanese-it is even more magnificent in appearance than the Taiwan yellow cypress. But the Taiwan red cypress's trunk is often divided, and because it mostly grows in wet river valleys the heartwood is prone to be eaten away by bacteria, producing strangely tangled hollow trees. The crown is also broad and difficult to cut.
至於 Melihi 紅檜，體型比扁柏更可觀，但紅檜樹幹多分叉，加上多長在潮濕的溪谷，樹心易受細菌侵蝕，形成奇特的糾結中空造型，樹頭更寬廣難鋸，在伐木鍊鋸下倖存的台灣神木，如阿里山神木、拉拉山神木，都是紅檜。