page_title: Biota of Tokyo Imperial Palace
section_title: Surveys of the Biota of the Palace
hierarchical_section_title: Biota of Tokyo Imperial Palace / Surveys of the Biota of the Palace
context_page_description: The biota of Tokyo Imperial Palace grounds, especially of the Fukiage Garden, consists of enriched and distinct flora and fauna found in Tokyo, Japan. An untouched, vast open space in the middle of Tokyo hosts diverse species of wildlife which have been catalogued in field research. For comparison, this article also covers biodiversity in other open spaces in the central districts of Tokyo.
context_section_description: In 1921, the plants in the Palace were inventoried and published in Imperial Palace Landscape. This was the first survey of the plants of the Palace. Surveys continued in 1979 (Fukiage Garden), 1980 (Imperial Palace West Block), 1981 (East Gardens), and in 1987-88 (aquatic organisms in moats and ponds). These reports are not available to the public, but provide precise information about the vegetation, its time-course changes, old historic and giant trees. Further surveys started in 1996. The survey of living organisms was reported in 2006.
caption: Imperial Palace Tokyo Map, Investigation only in the dark green area