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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 Jan. 22 2008. Revise on Nov. 13 2008)

Aster scaber Thunb. [Asteraceae]

Shirayamagiku (シラヤマギク, 白山菊)

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan
Habitat: woodlands and thickets in hills and low mountains
Seed dispersal: wind


Aster scaber in Hokkaido

Aster Aster
Near Muroran Marine Station on August 20 2007.

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Aster scaber on Mount Usu

Aster Aster Aster
In the crater basin on September 19 2008. The defoliation began.

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