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Atago Forest and Green Protection Association

Atago Mountain Plants-Tree 7 (Ham)

This is a page of trees (flowers are displayed on a separate page for each season). Tree names are listed in order of Aiueo on this page. However, typical trees are displayed at the beginning of each page. Images of trees with flowers and fruits are also displayed on seasonal pages. Click on an image to see it in full view, or lay it down to enlarge it.
Sugi or Masaki. An evergreen shrub of the genus Euonymus in the family Euonymus. Distributed from southern Hokkaido to near the coast of Okinawa. The flowering season is from June to July, and small yellow-green flowers that are inconspicuous bloom. When the fruits ripen in autumn, the peels split into four and orange-red seeds appear.
The leaves are oval, thick, shiny and have numerous shallow serrations. Many of the tips of the leaves are sharp. Often used for hedges.

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