Seashore
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[ Terms | Vegetation | Plants | References ]
- Terms
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Seashore (海浜/海岸)
Land by the sea
Land adjacent to the seaCoast (海岸/沿岸)
Land next to the sea (= the seashore)
The land near a shoreSeashores in Hokkaido (in Japanese)
- Seashore vegetation (Coastal vegetation)
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Vegetation distributed near coast
Often creating zonal distribution of plant communities along distance from shoreline
There are many endemic and/or endangered species, due to its specific environments, as well as wetland, and destruction of natural coasts by human activities
Coastal forest (海岸林)
A typical forest is Quercus dentata forest in Hokkaido.
- Coastal plant (海浜植物)
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Plants, including seagrass, distributed specifically on coasts
Morphological and physiological characteristics
Leaf: Thick, shiny and/or hairy, to avoid salinity stress
Representative species in Hokkaido
- Arabis stelleri var. japonica
- Boehmeria biloba
- Cakile edentula (exotic)
- Calystegia soldanella
- Chimaphila umbellata
- Euphorbia jolkinii
- Glehnia littoralis
- Ischaemum anthephoroides
- Ixeris repens
- Ligusticum hultenii
- Linaria japonica
- Raphanus sativus var. raphanistroides
- Rosa rugosa
- Sedum aizoon var. floribundum
- References
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- Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習
- Flora on Mount Koma 駒ケ岳フローラリスト
- Flora on Mount Usu 有珠山フローラリスト