Plants of Japan <Illustrations> |
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You can take a closer look at native plants of Japan. |
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Chamaecyparis obtusa |
Cryptomeria japonica |
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Japanese common name: Hinoki. Top-grade lumber. Cypress family. Extends from Fukushima prefecture southward. |
Common name: Sugi. Redwood family. |
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Ampelopsis brevipedunculata var. heterophylla |
Viburnum phlebotrichum |
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Japanese common name: Nobudo. Vine family. often weedy; bears blue and purple berries in fall; not edible. The distribution range is from Hokkaido to the Ryukyu islands. |
Common name:Otokoyozome.A shrub or small tree. A member of the Honeysuckle family. Ranges on the Pacific side of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu islands. |
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Lithocarpus edulist |
Vaccinium vitis-idaea |
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Common name: Matebashii An evergreen broadleaf belonging to the Beech family; bears acorns larger than those of true oaks. Its native range is southern Japan, though planted across the country. All but one member of this genus grow in Asia; Lithocarpus densiflora (Tanbark Oak) is distributed in California and southern Oregon, USA. |
Cowbery, Japanese common name: Kokemomo. An evergreen shrub belonging to the Heath family; grows in or at the edge of the Subalpine forest. The berries are edible. |
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Leontopodium japonicum |
Tricyrtis hirta |
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A species of edelweiss, Japanese common name: usuyukiso. belonging to the Sunflower family, grows on dry rocky soils in the montane zone. Distribution range: Honshu, Kyushu. |
Toad Lily, Japanese common name: hototogisu, a shade-loving monocot belonging to the Lily family. The petal-like lobes are white with purple speckles. flowering time: September - October. Distributed from southern Hokkaido to Kyushu. |
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Cerasus xyedoensis |
Cerasus speciosa |
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A representative of Japanese cherries.
Japanese common name: Somei Yoshino. Flowering time: late March - early April. |
A flowering cherry inferred to be a parent (the father) of Cerusus x yedoensis; which is supported by DNA analyses. Bears fragrant white flowers together with young leaves. Original distribution: the Izu islands. |
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Cerasus incisa |
Epilobium cephalostigma | ||||
A species of cherry endemic to central Japan. |
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Camellia japonica | Liparis makinoana | ||||
Japanese camellia, one of the camellia species native to Japan. Usually occurs in evergreen broad-leaved forest. | An orchid species. | ||||
Paeonia japonica | Trillium tschonoskii | ||||
cypripedium japonicum Thunb. | Smilax china | ||||
This species is also known as the lady's slipper orchid. Each plant has only one stem with two fan-shaped leaves and one slipper-like flower. | A thorny vine with alternate leaves and cirrates. Bears yellowish green flowers in early summer. | ||||
Ribes maximowiczianum | Adenophora takedae | ||||
Lilium aurata | Rosa hirtula | ||||
A species of rose endemic to the Mt. fuji region, well adapted to volcanic soils. . | |||||