Japanese Cornel (Cornus Officinalis) サンシュユ（山茱萸）

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I thought at first that they were silverberries but @david.w.francis told me they weren't but were Japanese cornel (Cornus officinalis). I sometimes (or often?) make similar mistakes and each time people kindly give me a chance to make corrections!

Writing about plants gives me joy and connecting with people through plants also brings me happiness!

Original post, which is wrong: 
Bright red berries hanging from tree branches with no leaves stood out. These are silverberries (Elaeagnus). They look delicious but are not so tasty as they look (according to those who've actually eaten them). I wanted to identify the species of these Elaeagnus trees but in vain. Elaeagnus comprises 50 to 90 species!

The Paperbush is Depreciable in Japan! ミツマタは減価償却します！

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An Oriental paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha) tree has started to bud. The tree is called "mitsumata" because its stem is said to always split into three (mitsu) prongs (mata). Oops! I forgot to confirm that was true. 

The Oriental paperbush, kozo (Broussonetia), and gampi (Diplomorpha sikokiana) are known as the material for making washi or Japanese paper and the Oriental paperbush as the raw material for bank notes. The Oriental paperbush and kozo are depreciated over a useful life of five and nine years in Japan respectively while gampi isn't and I couldn't find out why only gampi is not.　

2025/1/3

2025/1/3

Japanese Andromeda (Pieris Japonica) アセビ（馬酔木）

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A Japanese andromeda tree has blossomed unusually at this time of year. The plant is called in Japanese "Asebi (馬酔木)" meaning a tree which makes horses drunk after the fact that it contains a toxin which makes horses look drunk. Deer in the Nara Koen park in Nara prefecture don't eat this plant, resulting in many Japanese andromeda trees left in the park.

2025/1/2

2025/1/2

2025/1/2

Uninvited but Welcome Guest まだ帰りませんってば！

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The guest has been staying at a friend's house since a week ago. The friend's been checking up on the guest every day for the week, but the guest seems to have no intention to leave, just clinging on to a leaf of a ponytail palm tree (Beaucarnea recurvata). We're worried about the guest because it should die soon. The guest is a grasshopper. 

I wondered why some grasshoppers are green while others brown and learned today they change the color from green to brown and vice versa in response to environmental conditions (e.g., overcrowding). I just wish this uninvited but welcome guest to live as comfortably as possible.