高嶺桜

From 高嶺(タカネ) (takane, “high mountain”) + 桜(ザクラ) (zakura, “cherry tree”). The sakura changes to zakura as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

• (Tokyo) タカネザクラ [tàkánézáꜜkùrà] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ne̞za̠kɯ̟ɾa̠]

高(タカ)嶺(ネ)桜(ザクラ) • (takanezakura) 

1. the Japanese alpine cherry tree, Prunus nipponica

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as タカネザクラ (takanezakura).