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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 November 16 2009)

Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis L. [Liliaceae]

AGP makes Asparagaceae separated from Liliaceae

Orandakijikakushi (オランダキジカクシ, 阿蘭陀雉隠)

Lifeform: dioecious perennial herb
Distribution: originally in the east Mediterranean (exotic to Japan)
Edible plant: many cultivars
Habitat: ruderal, escaped from crop field
Seed dispersal: animal


Asparagus L. in Japan

Ca 400 species in the world, mostly in tropical and temperate reigons

A. cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr. (クサスギカズラ)

var. pygmaeus (Makino) Ohwi (タチテンモンドウ)

A. kiusianus Makino (ハマタマボウキ)
A. officinalis L. (オランダキジカクシ): exotic
A. oligoclonos Maxim. (タマボウキ)
A. schoberioides Kunth (キジカクシ)


Asparagus officinalis in Hokkaido

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[Left] a bush. [Center] shoots and leaves. [Right] close-up of a fruit. At N23/W2, Sapporo City, on October 19 2009.

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