Hokkaido University Short-Term Exchange Program
(HUSTEP)
- Subsection: Plants and Plant communities in Japan
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Flora
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Japanese names are shown in parentheses. English names are shown in brackets.
- Flora list for field trip
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Around GSEES
- Acer mono (ezo-itaya エゾイタヤ, painted maple)
- Acer negundo (negundo-kaede ネグンドカエデ, boxelder maple)
- Arctium lappa (gobou ゴボウ, great burdock)
- Betula platyphylla (shira-kanba シラカンバ, Japanese white birch)
- Cornus kousa (yamaboushi ヤマボウシ)
- Fraxinus mandshurica var. japonica (yachi-damo ヤチダモ, Manchurian ash)
- Ginkgo biloba (icho イチョウ, gingko)
- Juglans mandshurica (onigurumi オニグルミ, Japanese walnut)
- Morus australis (yamaguwa ヤマグワ, Mulberry)
- Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata (mizunara ミズナラ, Manchurian oak)
- Prunus sargentii (ezoyamazakura エゾヤマザクラ, Sargent cherry)
- Sorbus commixta (nanakamado ナナカマド, Japanese mountainash)
- Syringa vulgaris (murasakihashidoi ムラサキハシドイ, lilac)
- Taxus cuspidata (ichii or onko イチイ, Japanese yew)
- Tilia japonica (shinanoki シナノキ, Japanese lime)
- Tilia maximowicziana (oobabodaiju オオバボダイジュ)
- Vitis coignetiae (yamabudou ヤマブドウ, Crimson glory vine)
Route Map
To Main Street
We will see many exotic species.
Exotic species- Aegopodium podagraria (iwamitsuba イワミツバ, Bishop's goutweed)
- Ailanthus altissima (shinju シンジュ)
- Conium maculatum (dokuninjin ドクニンジン, poison hemlock)
- Dactylis glomerata (kamogaya カモガヤ, orchard grass)
- Helianthus tuberosus (kiku-imo キクイモ Jerusalem artichoke)
- Hypochaeris radicata (butana, or tanpopo-modoki ブタナ, hairy catsear)
- Matricaria matricarioides (orosyagiku オロシャギク, pineapple weed) - flavor
- Plantago lanceolata (heraoobako ヘラオオバコ, Narrowleaf plantain)
- Poa pratensis (nagahagusa ナガハグサ, Kentucky bluegrass)
- Populus nigra var. italica (seiyou-hako-yanagi, so-called poplar ポプラ)
- Quercus rubra (aka-nara アカナラ, red oak) - plantation
- Symphytum officinale (hireharisou ヒレハリソウ, comfrey)
- Taraxacum officinale (seiyoutanpopo セイヨウタンポポ common dandelion)
- Castanea crenata (kuri クリ, Japanese chestnut)
- Chelidonium majus var. asiaticum (kusa-no-ou クサノオウ, greater celandine)
- Cryptotaenia japonica (ミツバ mitsuba)
- Geranium robertianum (himefuuro ヒメフウロ, Mountain geranium)
- Osmorhiza aristata (yabu-ninjin ヤブニンジン)
- Petasites japonicus var. giganteus (oo-buki オオブキ)
- Plantago asiatica (oo-bako オオバコ)
- Polygonum sachalinense (oo-itadori オオイタドリ, giant knotweed)
- Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata (mizunara ミズナラ)
- Ulmus davidiana var. japonica (harunire ハルニレ, Japanese elm)
In Primitive Forest (nickname)
Poisonous plant species
- Rhus ambigua (tsuta-urushi ツタウルシ, climbing sumac)
- Urtica platyphylla (ezo-ira-kusa エゾイラクサ)
Wetland species
- Veratrum album subsp. oxysepalum (bai-kei-sou バイケイソウ, white hellebore)
- Lysichiton camtschatcense (mizu-basho ミズバショウ, white skunk cabbage)
- Those species indicate that the habitat was a wetland before the settlement
Relationship between Sasa (dwarf bamboo) and species diveristy - References
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- Field equipment
- Walker LR (ed.). 1999. Ecosystems of disturbed ground. Ecosystems of the world 16. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
[In Japanese]
- Haruki M, Tsuyuzaki S & Takikawa S. 1989. Studies on the woods and trees in the Sapporo Campus of Hokkaido University. Research Bulletins of the College Experiment Forests, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University 46: 191-222.
- Hayashi I. 1990. Vegetation and geology (Shokusei Chirigaku). Taimeido, Tokyo.
English