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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 July 31 2010)

Manchurian alder
Alnus hirsuta Turcz. [Betulaceae]

Keyamahannoki (ケヤマハンノキ, 毛山榛ノ木)

Life form: deciduous tree
Distribution: northeast Asia, including Japan
Habitat: secondary forests (often used for erosion control)


Alnus Mill. in Japan

A. fauriei Lev. et Van't. (ミヤマカワラハンノキ)
A. firma Sieb. et Zucc. (ヤシャブシ)

- var. hirtella Franch. et Savat. (ミヤマヤシャブシ)

A. hakkodensis Hayashi (サルクラハンノキ)
A. hirsuta Turcz. (ケヤマハンノキ)

- var. microphylla (Nakai) Tatewaki (コバノヤマハンノキ/タニガワハンノキ)
- var. sibirica (Fischer) C. K. Schn. (マルバハンノキ/ヤマハンノキ)

A. japonica (Thunberg) Steud. (ハンノキ)

- var. koreana Call. (ケハンノキ)
- var. arguta Call. (ヤチハンノキ)

A. matsumurae Callier (ヤハズハンノキ)
A. maximowiczii Call. (ミヤマハンノキ)
A. pendula Matsumura (ヒメヤシャブシ/ハゲシバリ)
A. sieboldiana Matsumura (オオバヤシャブシ)
A. serrulatoides Callier (カワラハンノキ)
A. trabeculosa Hand.-Mazz. (サクラバハンノキ)

Hybrids

A. × borealis Koidz. (ヒロハハンノキ)
A. × hosoii Mizushima (イワキハンノキ)
A. × mayrii Call. (ウスゲヒロハハンノキ/クシロヒロハハンノキ)
A. × moriokaensis Murai (モリオカハンノキ)
A. × peculiaris Hiyama (タルミヤシャブシ)
A. × suginoi Sugimoto (ウラジロカワラハンノキ)


Alnus hirsuta on Mount Usu

Alnus Alnus Alnus
[Left] a tree. [Center] a shoot. [Right] a leaf. In the caldera rim of Mount Usu on July 21 2010.

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