Takao 599 museum has all kinds of animals inhabit in Mt. Takao in various ways of exhibitions such as seasonal wild plants preserved in acrylic and all kinds of animals specimens inhibits in Mt. Takao. On the "NATURE WALL," stuffed animals are displayed and shows the movie to introduce the dynamic nature of Mt. Takao.
Deciduous shrubs found in sunny and dry slopes in mountains. Barks are grayish-brown and peel like strips of papers and have hollow inside the branch. Young branches are purplish brown with hair. Leaves are 4 to 7 cm long, egg-shaped and lower parts of leaves covering stems. Have hair on both sides with toothed margins (edges of leaves are like a teeth of saw). The Japanese name Maruba-utsugi was named because this plants have round-shaped leaves in Deutzia crenata (Utsugi). In autumn, leaves turn to purplish-brown. The blooming season is May. Bloom white flowers facing upward on cylindrical inflorescence (flower stems) grow from petioles. Flowers are 1.5 cm in diameter, star-shaped and five petals are with yellow flower disks (support petals). After flowering, bear hairy spherical fruits, 3 mm in diameter.
●Height about 1 to 1.5 m
●Place Trail 5 and 6
●Height about 1 to 1.5 m
●Place Trail 5 and 6