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Japanese snowbell

Styrax japonicus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 31, February 31, March 41, April 72, May 124, June 61, July 46, August 42, September 48, October 45, November 30, December 28.
United States1,076
New York598
New Jersey273
Japan244
Tokyo116
South Korea71
Pennsylvania68
South Chungcheong42
China36
Canada30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familysnowbell family · Styracaceae
Genussnowbells · Styrax

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