Capital Cherry Blossoms
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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A cherry blossom is the flower of any of several trees of genus Prunus, particularly the Japanese Cherry, Prunus serrulata, which is called Sakura.
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They're native to the Himalayas.
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Cherry Blossom trees
are distributed to temperate zones all over the world.
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No ornamental cherry blossom trees produce fruit.
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They symbolize clouds in Japan because they bloom all at once.
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Japan gave the US 3,020 trees to symbolize friendship in 1912. They are on display in Washington, DC.
The Cherry blossom is a symbol of life's intensity to the Japanese.
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In WWII, the Cherry blossom was used to motivate the Japanese people.
Global warming is causing DC's Cherry blossoms to bloom early, forcing the festival to be rescheduled.
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Ambrosia beetles are some of the most damaging insects to Cherry blossom trees.
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SOURCES
- Wikipedia
- Webster's 3rd international dictionary
- "Cherry Blossoms: History Behind the Bloom". The Huffington Post.
- Haiku Deck
- Gojapango.com
