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The trees are cultivated and tapped for their toxic sap, which is used as a highly durable lacquer to make Chinese, Japanese, and Korean lacquerware. The trees grow up to 20 metres tall with large leaves, each containing from 7 to 19 leaflets (most often 11–13).
Flecktarn (German pronunciation: [ˈflɛktaʁn]; "mottled camouflage"; also known as Flecktarnmuster or Fleckentarn) is a family of three-, four-, five- or six-color disruptive camouflage patterns, the most common being the five-color pattern, consisting of dark green, grey-green, red brown, and black over a light green or tan base depending on the manufacturer.
Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.
Petasites japonicus, illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804) Petasites japonicus, also known as butterbur, giant butterbur, great butterbur and sweet-coltsfoot, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae. [3] It is native to China, Japan, Korea and Sakhalin and introduced in Europe and North ...
Darker contrast on Type II Flecktarn camo to fit the color of winter plants. Used on JGSDF Type-2 Camouflage Cold Weather Field Parka and Trousers(防寒戦闘服外衣, 戦闘外被, or shortly 外被). 1991–present Type III camouflage Recently adopted by the JGSDF
Setaria faberi, the Japanese bristlegrass, [2] nodding bristle-grass, [3] Chinese foxtail, Chinese millet, giant bristlegrass, giant foxtail or nodding foxtail, is an Asian grass. It is a summer annual, with plants emerging from seeds in the spring, and setting seeds in the late summer or fall.
Japanese common names for the plant include ケマンソウ (kemansō, derived from the Japanese common name for Corydalis, which is keman) and the quaint and evocative タイツリソウ (taitsurisō or "sea bream fishing rod") given in recognition of the similarity in appearance of the inflorescence to a number of little fish (specifically ...
Athyrium niponicum, the Japanese painted fern, [1] is a species of fern native to eastern Asia. [2] This species was redefined as a member of genus Anisocampium in 2011 based on phylogenetic analyses, [3] but the genus has since been sunk into Athyrium. [4] This deciduous fern has a creeping rhizome and a tuft-shape array of fronds. The fronds ...