A big early spring cherry tree
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Wild flowering crabapple
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Japanese red pine
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Fujikawa Tenjin Shrine (Garyubai Reclining Dragon
Plum)
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Camphor tree (Prefectural Tree)
There is a natural forest of camphor trees on
Shiroyama Hill Kagoshima City.
The Giant Camphor Tree in the Hachiman shrine in
Kamo Town has a circumference of 33 meters around the root.
It has been recorded as the biggest tree in
Japan.
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Miyama Kirishima Azaleas(Prefectual Flower)
A variety of azaleas unique to Kyushu, this flower
flourishes mainly near the peaks of volcanos such as those in Mt.
Kirishima, Mt. Aso, Mt. Kuju, and Mt. Unzen.
The flowers bloom from the end of May through June.
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Yakushima Rhododendron
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Yaku Cedar (Yaku Sugi)
Cedars on Yakushima 1,000 years old and older are
called "Yaku Sugi".
The most famous tree, Jomon Sugi, is estimated to
be 7,200 years old.
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Bamboo
Kagoshima Prefecture is renowned for bamboo
production, with wide use of bamboo since ancient times in tool-making,
construction, and foods.
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Hikage Hego
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Adan trees
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Mangrove
The mangrove forests are found in the estuary
area of Sumiyou River and the River consisting mostly black
mangroves,red mangroves, and Sakishima Sappanwoods.
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Banyan
This large evergreen can be seen on and to the
south of Tanegashima and Yakushima. The largest Banyan in Japan, with
height of 7 meters, trunk circumstance of 6.33 meters and branch span
of 22 meters, is found at Kunigami Elementary School in Wadomari Town
in Okinoerabu Island.
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Coral Tree (Prefectural Tree)
The Coral Tree, the prefectural tree, is a
deciduous tree originally from Brazil.
The smaller branches are covered with thorns, and
from summer through fall scarlet flowers arc on bloom.
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