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Table 1 Observed number of individuals, local name, species origin, and morphology of demarcation tree species along the Hijikawa River

From: Tracing chronological shifts in farmland demarcation trees in southwestern Japan: implications from species distribution patterns, folk nomenclature, and multiple usage

Species

Observed number of individuals (% of total)

Local name (responses/total answers)

Species origin

Morphology

Chaenomeles speciosa

159 (38.3)

Boke* (24/29), iga boke (3/29), bara boke (1/29), boke noki (1/29)

A

D, T

Euonymus japonicus

136 (32.8)

Boke (8/28), DN (7/28), masaki* (4/28), mayumi (3/28), F (3/28), kōshin bana (1/28), mame shiba (1/28), aoki (1/28)

N

E

Salix pierotii

38 (9.2)

Yanagi (5/5)

N

D

Salix chaenomeloides

19 (4.6)

Yanagi (1/2), DN (1/2)

N

D

Celtis sinensis

12 (2.9)

Enoki* (1/1)

N

D

Salix koriyanagi

9 (2.2)

Yanagi (2/2)

A

D

Deutzia crenata

8 (1.9)

Boke (1/3), utsugi* (1/3), DN (1/3)

N

D

Morus sp.

7 (1.7)

Kuwa (2/3), kuwa noki (1/3)

A or N

D

Camellia sinensis

6 (1.4)

 

A

E

Gardenia jasminoides

4 (1.0)

Kuchinashi* (3/4), boke (1/4)

N

E

Illicium anisatum

3 (0.7)

 

N

E

Camellia japonica

2 (0.5)

 

N

E

Mallotus japonicus

1 (0.2)

 

N

D

Ulmus parvifolia

1 (0.2)

 

N

D

Ginkgo biloba

1 (0.2)

 

A

D

Ficus erecta

1 (0.2)

 

N

D

Photinia glabra

1 (0.2)

 

N

E

Osmanthus fragrans

1 (0.2)

Kimmokusei* (1/1)

A

E

Pinus thunbergii

1 (0.2)

 

N

E

Amygdalus persica

1 (0.2)

 

A

D

Hibiscus syriacus

1 (0.2)

Boke (2/2)

A

D

Nandina domestica

1 (0.2)

 

N

E

Salix gracilistyla

1 (0.2)

 

N

D

Spiraea thunbergii

1 (0.2)

 

A

D

  1. Asterisks indicate the standard Japanese name of the plant species. DN indicates that the informant did not know the plant name. F indicates that the informant forgot the plant name
  2. A alien species, N native species, D deciduous, E evergreen, T thorny