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Shiro TSUYUZAKI
Plant community ecology / Environmental conservation

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

(Update on October 7 2008)

Ukurundu maple
Acer ukurunduense Trautvetter et Meyer [Aceraceae]

Ogarabana (オガラバナ, 麻幹花)

Lifeform: deciduous shrub
Distribution: Korea - Japan (Hokkaido - central Honshu)
Habitat: montane-subalpine zones

Synonyms

Acer caudatum Wall. subsp. ukurunduense (Trautv. et C.A.Mey.) E.Murray


Acer ukurunduense in Hokkaido

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Photos taken at the entrance of Shinsen Bog in Niseko on June 24, 2007.


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