Biotopes of locality native plants

Overview
Advantages
Features

Overview

Example of biotopes

It is desirable to avoid horticultural and exotic species and use autochthons and autochthonous locality native plants from the viewpoint of biodiversity, which are recommended in the Guidelines for Selecting Native Plant Species for Greening indicated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Environment and the action guidelines of the Japan Federation of Construction Contractors. Under these circumstances, as we believe it is important to accumulate the expertise on the maintenance management of autochthons and locality native plants in order to contribute to the conservation and regeneration of biodiversity, the biotopes have been created on our own premises.

Advantages

Proper management of plants processes from collection to cultivation and shipment are required for the appropriate spread of greening by locality native plants. In procurement in relation to biodiversity conservation, these activities are related to CSR activities and ISO 14001 (environment).

Features

Our biotopes have the following features in addition to their role as habitats that grow and attract a variety of organisms.

i. Utilizing only locality native plants, all of which are collected and procured from rice paddies and woodlands in the surrounding area.
ii. Acquired the traceability certification to indicate greenery using only locality native plants.
iii. Procured trees and plants are managed using original planting tags that list tree species names, identification symbols, and sampling sites.
iv. Placement of tags on trees and plants enables elementary school students in the surrounding area to learn plant names and features correctly, which could lead to their environmental education and awareness-raising activities.
v. Periodic monitoring is carried out to grasp the growth status of planted plants, and the data related to maintenance and management status are accumulate.

For management purposes, tags describing tree species names, identification symbols, and sampling sites are attached to high and medium shrubs.