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Hibakujumoku
''Hibakujumoku'' ( ja, 被爆樹木; also called survivor tree or A-bombed tree in English) is a Japanese term for a tree that survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. The term is from ja, 被爆, hibaku, bombed, A-bombed, nuked and ja, 樹木, jumoku, trees, woods. Damage The heat emitted by the explosion in Hiroshima within the first three seconds at a distance of three kilometres from the hypocenter was about 40 times greater than that from the Sun. The initial radiation level at the hypocenter was approximately 240 Gy. According to ''Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Physical, Medical, and Social Effects of the Atomic Bombings'', plants suffered damage only in the portions exposed above ground, while portions underground were not directly damaged. Regeneration The rate of regeneration differed by species. Active regeneration was shown by broad-leaved trees. Approximately 170 trees that grew in Hiroshima in 2011 had actually been there prior to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eucalyptus Melliodora
''Eucalyptus melliodora'', commonly known as yellow box, honey box or yellow ironbark, is a species of medium-sized to occasionally tall tree that is Endemism, endemic to south-eastern, continental Australia. It has rough, flaky or fibrous bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth greyish to yellowish bark above. The adult leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped, the flower buds are arranged in groups of seven and the fruit is more or less hemispherical. Description ''Eucalyptus melliodora'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. The bark is variable ranging from smooth with an irregular, short stocking, to covering most of the trunk, fibrous, dense or loosely held, grey, yellow or red-brown, occasionally very coarse, thick, dark brown to black. The smooth bark above is shed from the upper limbs to leave a smooth, white or yellowish surface. Young plants and coppice regrowth have lance-shaped to elliptic leaves that are long and wide and Petiole (b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hemp Palm
''Trachycarpus fortunei'', the Chinese windmill palm, windmill palm or Chusan palm, is a species of hardy evergreen palm tree in the family Arecaceae, native to parts of China, Japan, Myanmar and India. Description Growing to tall, ''Trachycarpus fortunei'' is a single-stemmed fan palm. The diameter of the trunk is up to . Its texture is very rough, with the persistent leaf bases clasping the stem as layers of coarse fibrous material. The leaves have long petioles which are bare except for two rows of small spines, terminating in a rounded fan of numerous leaflets. Each leaf is long, with the petiole long, and the leaflets up to long. It is a somewhat variable plant, especially as regards its general appearance; and some specimens are to be seen with leaf segments having straight and others having drooping tips. 3: 443–448, 4: 491. The flowers are yellow (male) and greenish (female), about across, borne in large branched panicles up to long in spring; it is dioecious ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paeonia Suffruticosa
Paeonia or Paionia may refer to: * The genus ''Paeonia'', which comprises all peony plants * Paeonia (kingdom), an ancient state occupying roughly the same area as the present-day Republic of North Macedonia * Paionia (municipality) Paionia ( el, Παιονία, ) is a municipality in the Kilkis regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Polykastro. The municipality is named after the ancient region of Paeonia. It has an area of 919 ..., in the Central Macedonia region of Greece * Paeonia, alternate name of Paeonidae, a deme of ancient Attica * 1061 Paeonia, an asteroid See also * Pionia (other) {{dab, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cycas Revoluta
''Cycas revoluta'' (Sotetsu apanese ソテツ sago palm, king sago, sago cycad, Japanese sago palm) is a species of gymnosperm in the family Cycadaceae, native to southern Japan including the Ryukyu Islands. It is one of several species used for the production of sago, as well as an ornamental plant. The sago cycad can be distinguished by a thick coat of fibers on its trunk. The sago cycad is sometimes mistakenly thought to be a palm, although the only similarity between the two is that they look similar and both produce seeds. The leaves grow from the trunk and start out as small leaves near the centre of the plant. Names Cycads' only relations to the true palms (Arecaceae) is that both are vascular plants and seed plants. The Latin specific epithet ''revoluta'' means "curled back", in reference to the leaves. This is also called kungi (comb) palm in Urdu speaking areas. Description This very symmetrical plant supports a crown of shiny, dark green leaves on a thick shaggy t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Catalpa
''Catalpa bignonioides'' is a species of ''Catalpa'' that is native to the southeastern United States in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Common names include southern catalpa, cigartree, and Indian-bean-tree (or Indian bean tree). It is commonly used as a garden and street tree. Description It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to tall, with a trunk up to diameter, with brown to gray bark, maturing into hard plates or ridges. The short thick trunk supports long and straggling branches which form a broad and irregular head. The roots are fibrous and branches are brittle, its juices are watery and bitter tasting. The leaves are large, bright green and heart shaped, being long and broad. They appear late, and as they are full-grown before the flower clusters open, they add much to the beauty of the blossoming tree. They secrete nectar, a most unusual characteristic for leaves, by means of groups of tiny glands in the axils of the primary veins. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salix Chaenomeloides
''Salix chaenomeloides'' is a species of willow native to Japan, Korea, and China. It is a deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ... tree, reaching a height of 10–20 m. External links * * * References chaenomeloides Flora of Japan {{Salicaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Persimmon
''Diospyros kaki'', the Oriental persimmon, Chinese persimmon, Japanese persimmon or kaki persimmon, is the most widely cultivated species of the genus '' Diospyros''. Although its first botanical description was not published until 1780,Published in ''Nova Acta Soc. Sc. Upsal.'' iii. 208, author Carl Peter Thunberg, hunb.(1780); later in ''Fl. Jap.'' 157, author Thunb. (1784). ''D. kaki'' is among the oldest cultivated plants, having been in use in China for more than 2000 years. Names Whether the species was first described by Carl Peter Thunberg or Carl Linnaeus the Younger is disputed. The scientific name ''Diospyros kaki'' L. f. may be used erroneously for this plant. However, ''Diospyros kaki'' L. f., published in 1781, is a later homonym of ''Diospyros kaki'' Thunb., published in 1780. So the name ''Diospyros kaki'' L. f. is taxonomically illegitimate and not accepted. It is called ''shi'' (柿) in Chinese, ''kaki'' (柿) in Japanese, ''gam'' (감) in Korean, kesemek i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elaeagnus Pungens
''Elaeagnus pungens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Elaeagnaceae, known by the common names thorny olive, spiny oleaster and silverthorn; also by the family name "oleaster". It is native to Asia, including China and Japan. It is present in the southeastern United States as an introduced species, a common landscaping and ornamental plant, and sometimes an invasive species.Gucker, Corey L. (2011)''Elaeagnus pungens''.In: Fire Effects Information System, nline U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 1 March 2012. Description ''Elaeagnus pungens'' is a dense, branching shrub which can reach over tall by wide. It sprouts prolifically from its stem, spreading out and twining into adjacent vegetation. Parts of the stem are covered in thorns which can be up to long. The evergreen, alternately-arranged leaves are up to long but under wide. The undersides are silvery white with brown flecks. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camphor Tree
''Camphora officinarum'' is a species of evergreen tree that is commonly known under the names camphor tree, camphorwood or camphor laurel. Description ''Camphora officinarum'' is native to China south of the Yangtze River, Taiwan, southern Japan, Korea, India and Vietnam, and has been introduced to many other countries. It grows up to tall. In Japan, where the tree is called ''kusunoki'', five camphor trees are known with a trunk circumference above , with the largest individual, , reaching 24.22 m. The leaves have a glossy, waxy appearance and smell of camphor when crushed. In spring, it produces bright green foliage with masses of small white flowers. It produces clusters of black, berry-like fruit around in diameter. Its pale bark is very rough and fissured vertically. Certain trees in Japan are considered sacred. An example of the importance of a sacred tree is the 700-year old camphor growing in the middle of Kayashima Station. Locals protested against moving the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nettle Tree '', the Nettle tree butterfly
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Nettle tree or tree nettle can refer to: * ''Celtis'' Those names or stinging-nettle tree can also refer to the following plants with stinging hairs: * Various species of the genus ''Dendrocnide'' * Various species of the genus ''Obetia'' * ''Urera baccifera'' * ''Urtica ferox'' ''Libythea celtis ''Libythea celtis'', the European beak or nettle-tree butterfly, is a butterfly of the Libytheinae group of the Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies family. Description The upperside ground colour is rich silky brown. The forewing has the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatsia Japonica
''Fatsia japonica'', also fatsi, paperplant, false castor oil plant, or Japanese aralia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Japan and southern Korea. Etymology The name ''fatsi'' is an approximation of the Japanese word for 'eight' (''hachi'' in modern romanization), referring to the eight leaf lobes. In Japan it is known as , meaning "eight fingers". The name "Japanese aralia" is due to the genus being classified in the related genus ''Aralia'' in the past. It has been interbred with ''Hedera helix'' (common ivy) to produce the intergeneric hybrid × ''Fatshedera lizei''. Description It is an evergreen shrub growing to tall, with stout, sparsely branched stems. The leaves are spirally-arranged, large, in width and on a petiole up to long, leathery, palmately lobed, with 7–9 broad lobes, divided to half or two-thirds of the way to the base of the leaf; the lobes are edged with coarse, blunt teeth. The flowers are small, white, borne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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