Castanopsis sieboldii
Species of flowering plant
Castanopsis sieboldii | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Castanopsis |
Species: | C. sieboldii |
Binomial name | |
Castanopsis sieboldii (Makino) Hatus | |
Synonyms | |
Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii (Makino) Nakai |
Castanopsis sieboldii, also known as the Itajii chinkapin or Itajii, is a species of evergreen tree that lives in subtropical eastern Asia.[1][2] This is a climax species that is commonly found in the Japanese temperate rainforest.[3] Specimens are also present within the forest area of the Tokyo Imperial Palace.
Castanopsis sieboldii was once thought to be a subspecies of the similar Castanopsis cuspidata.
Plants and animals associated with this tree include:
- Aspidistra elatior, the cast-iron plant, grows in the understorey.
- Acrocercops mantica, Chrysocercops castanopsidis, and Lymantria albescens[4] larvae of these Asian moths likely mine the leaves.
- Amantis nawai, a small praying mantis species native to Eastern Asia is known to live around C. sieboldii where it eats insects.
- Okinawa rail, a Japanese bird, lives among these trees.
Gallery
- Flower, female
- Nuts
- Bark
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castanopsis sieboldii.
- ^ "Shii (Castanopsis sieboldii)". Thinking Like a Forest.
- ^ "A Japanese useful tree: Castanopsis - Life in Kochi". Life in Kochi.
- ^ "Canopy Multilayering and Woody Species Diversity of a Subtropical Evergreen Broadleaf Forest, Okinawa Island". hawaii.edu.
- ^ "Moth Photographers Group – Lymantria albescens – 19458". msstate.edu.
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