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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

(First update on June 26 2008. Last on January 17 2011)

Bride's feathers
Aruncus dioicus (Walt.) Fern. var. tenuifolius (Nakai) Hara.
[Rosaceae]

Yamabukishouma (ヤマブキショウマ, 山吹升麻)

Lifeform: perennial
Distribution: widespread in the warm-and cool-temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
Habitat: wet forest edge, etc.


Aruncus L.

One species is distributed in Japan

A. dioicus (Walt.) Fern. var. tenuifolius (Nakai) Hara (ヤマブキショウマ)

- var. astilboides (Maxim.) Hara (ミヤマヤマブキショウマ)
- var. insularis Hara (シマヤマブキショウマ)
- var. subrotunda (Tatew.) Hara (アポイヤマブキショウマ)


A. diocicus var. tenuifolius in Hokkaido

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[Left] On the slope of Nakayama Pass Skislope on July 25, 1985. [Right] On the caldera rim of Mount Usu on July 21 2010

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