There are native plants, such as Miyajima meadowsweet and Miyajima maple, and insects, such as Miyajima dragonfly which inhabit there. As for wild birds, 136 kinds are confirmed including migratory birds such as Butastur indicus, Pandion haliaetus, Ardea Cinerea, Egretta garzetta, Ninox scutulata japonica, Cettia diphone, Muscicapa cyanomelana, Ficedula narcissina, Picoides kizuki, Parus major, Parus varius and Phasianus soemmerringii.
There are a lot of flowers and plants here that make you feel seasons. You can enjoy various flowers in four seasons.
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Pieris japonica
(flower of Town of Miyajima)
- Season
- From the end of February to the middle of April
- Place
- Asebi promenade and many other places
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It is one of the most popular plants in Miyajima. It flowers from the beginning of February to the end of April. It was set as former town of Miyajima. Pieris japonica is "馬酔木" in Kanji which means a tree which makes a horse drunk. Since a deer does not eat them because of toxicity, it remains everywhere along promenades in early spring and can please you.
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Camellia japonica
- Season
- From March to April
- Place
- Promenade and route of the climb
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Prunus jamasakura
- Season
- From the middle of March to the end
- Place
- Dotted in the island
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Somei-Yoshino
- Season
- Beginning of April
- Place
- Around the five-storied pagoda, Hiramatsu Park, around the Treasure tower, Omoto Park and others
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There are about 1,900 cherry trees in Miyajima. Many of them are planted Yoshino cherry tree. Alternatively, it is Prunus jamasakura, Cerasus jamasakura, Cerasus spachiana and Prunus speciosa. They are in full bloom at the beginning of April. Noted places of cherry blossoms are from the treasure tower to the Park Omoto and from the wisteria pergola to Daishoin Temple. Cerasus spachiana blooming near the treasury along Momijidani River and at the library under the Senjo kaku are very beautiful.
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Cerasus spachiana
- Season
- Beginning of April
- Place
- Around bank of Mitarai River
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Rhododendron reticulatum
- Season
- Beginning of April
- Place
- Dotted in mountains in the island
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Wisteria brachybotrys
- Season
- From the end of April to the beginning of May
- Place
- Omoto Park, in front of the pier and the Tsutsumigaura Natural Park
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Fresh green
- Season
- May
- Place
- The whole mountain
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When cherry blossoms are gone and their young leaves begin to come out, other young leaves also begin to grow up in spring.
Acer palmatum, Corylopsis gotoana, Illicium anisatum, Cleyera japonica and Symplocos prunifolia etc.
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Autumn leaf color
- Season
- From the middle of November to the end
- Place
- Momijidani Park, around Daishoin Temple and others
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Acer palmatum is seen mainly in Miyajima, and there are also Acer palmatum var. matsumurae and Acer amoenum. In Momijidani Park, there are about 200 trees of Acer palmatum and Acer amoenum.
Many trees begin to turn red and yellow from the middle of November, and the peak period of colored leaves is around the 20th. The colored leaves season depends on the climate and it usually lasts around two weeks.
