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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 May 6 2010)

Coralberry / Christmas berry
Ardisia crenata Sims [Myrsinaceae]

Manryou (マンリョウ, 万両)

Life form: evergreen shrub
Distribution: India - East Asia, including southern Japan
Habitat: evergreen broad-leaved forest
Flower: white
Seed dispersal: animal (bird)


Ardisia crenata in Japan

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[Left/Center] a tree. [Right] fruits. At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009. It is an invasive species to USA.


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