イスノキは、関東以南の本州、四国、九州、沖縄などの温暖な地域に分布する常緑高木です。 coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas> coastal areas>成長すると高さ20メートルにもなる巨木で、硬くて緻密な材が特徴です。 和名は、その材の堅牢さから、家具や木刀などの材料として古くから利用されてきたことに由来します。

黄金色に街路樹を染め上げる秋の姿で親しまれているイチョウ。実はイチョウは、恐竜が闊歩していた約2億年前のジュラ紀からその姿をほとんど変えずに生き続けている「生きた化石」として知られています。氷河期を生き延び、現在では街路樹として私たちの身近にも存在するイチョウは、木材としても独特の魅力を秘めているのです。