What is the national tree of japan?
Sugi is the national tree of Japan, commonly planted around temples and shrines, with many hugely impressive trees planted centuries ago Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Pinales Family: Cupressaceae Subfamily: Taxodioideae[2] Genus: Cryptomeria Species: C. japonica Binomial name Cryptomeria japonica (L.f.) D.Don CHERRY BLOSSOM A cherry blossom is the name for the flower of cherry trees known as Sakura (Japanese kanji : 桜 or 櫻; hiragana: さくら) in Japanese. In English, the word “sakura” is equivalent to the Prunus serrulata, Japanese flowering cherry.[1][2] Cherry fruit (known in Japanese as 桜んぼ sakuranbo) comes from another species of tree[citation needed].
