Creatures

A place to interact with nature in Kiba

Fujikura-Kiba Millennium Woods introduces the plants that were introduced when the forest was established, as well as the birds and insects that have been observed.

plant

73 species native to the Kanto region: 500 tall and medium-sized trees, 2,000 shrubs / 35 species of grasses, mosses, and aquatic plants, approximately 15,000 plants

fish

Approximately 800 fish, shrimp, and shellfish of 10 different species were released into the river, and the population now numbers several thousand and hundreds.

bird

Approximately 20 species including kingfishers, brown-eared bulbuls, and spot-billed ducks

insect

Over 50 species of dragonflies and butterflies have been identified

Introduced plantations

Introduced plantations
Classification Number of tree and grass species Number of shares Plants
Trees 73 2,588
Takanakagi (Boxwood, Quercus glauca)
Evergreen broadleaf Quercus sieboldii, Castanopsis cuspidatum, Machilus thunbergii, Ilex holly, Quercus glauca, Japanese yew, Summer citrus, Camellia japonica, Euonymus japonicus, Boxwood, Japanese snowbell, Japanese cinnamon, White alder
Evergreen needles Japanese red pine, Japanese kaya, Japanese yew
Fallen leaves Japanese maple, oak, alder, snowbell, sawtooth oak, carpinus, willow, wax tree, wild cherry, Chinese hackberry, magnolia, magnolia, dogwood, water cherry, ash, nettle, Japanese hornbeam, chestnut, zelkova, Zelkova, clematis, viburnum, three-leaved azalea, Cornus officinalis, Japanese bead, barberry, mountain azalea, Japanese plum, Japanese may, witch hazel, Japanese laurel, Japanese bush warbler, Japanese bush clover, Japanese snowbell, Japanese quince, Japanese yew
Shrubs 23 2,186
Evergreen broadleaf Ligustrum arvensis, Euonymus japonicus, Aucuba japonica, Boxwood, Pittosporum tobira, Euonymus japonicus, Holly
Fallen leaves Kernel bush, mountain azalea, maple, deutzia gracilis, three-leaved azalea, mountain hydrangea, Japanese laurel, Japanese viburnum, lacecap hydrangea, Mayumi, Japanese bush clover, Deutzia japonica, Deutzia japonica, pussy willow, Japanese laurel, and elm
Crust Calanthe, ivy, vine, Japanese silverleaf, Japanese laurel, red fern, Japanese ivy, Iris serrata, Ardisia crenata, Liliaceae, hawkweed, celery, summer ivy, hosta larkspur, wild rose, barberry, Japanese laurel, orchid, day lily, mountain lily, red spider lily, lesser cuckoo, and lythrum salicaria
Water plants Japanese laurel, marsh weed, water parsley, bowerweed, shrimp grass, Japanese parsley, Japanese laurel, Japanese horse chestnut, Japanese horse chestnut, pondweed

Introduced fish species

Introduced fish species
Classification Title Family name Family name total
Fish Cypriniformes Carp family Oikawa
Tamoroko
Plover
Silver carp
Loach family Loach
Killifish Killifish family Medaka
Perciformes Goby Toyoshinobori
shellfish Nina eyes Snail family Small snail
Crustaceans Desert shrimp Prawns Striped shrimp
Freshwater Prawn
total 853 individuals