I always wanted to do this: travel to Japan, explore on a bike and catalogue as many japonica/japonicum plants as possible. The list below is from my visit this past May to Niigata City, Niigata prefecture, Japan. It’s situated on the Japan Sea in what is known as the snow country.
Tilia japonica
Aucuba japonica
Please run through the list and see how many you know. BC residents should get a high score.
- Spirea japonica
- Fatsia japonica
- Styrax japonica
- Aucuba japonica
- Pieris japonica
- Camellia japonica
- Callicarpa japonica
- Cercidiphyllum japonicum
- Hamamelis japonica
- Tilia japonica
- Alnus japonica
- Gleditsia japonica
- Carpinus japonica
- Hypericum japonicum
- Ligustrum japonicum
- Eurya japonica
