(First upload on February 4 2014. Last on April 23 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Fern (シダ類) > Pteridaceae (イノモトソウ科) > Pteris cretica
Pteris L. (イノモトソウ)Pteris cretica L.Oobanoinomotosou (オオバノイノモトソウ, 大葉之井許草), cretan brakeLifeform: evergreen perennial fern Distribution: tropical and substropical regions (unclear), including Japan (south to Tohoku District, but not in Ryuku and Bonin Islands) Habitat: sunny forest floor Mount Takao forest for recreational use (高尾山自然休養林) |
Leaf: dimorphic (vegetative and sexual) → Number of veins Synonyms: Pteris nervosa Thunb. Use: gardening → cultivars var. nervosa (Thunb.) Ching et S. H. Wu (オオバノイノモトソウ, s.s.) |
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[1/2] at a 6th trail near the Biwa Falls on Mount Takao (599 m elevation), Tokyo, on October 21 2013. [3/4] on Seyama trail in Kobe, western Japan, on March 16 2019.