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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 December 17 2011)

Boehmeria gracilis C. H. Wright [Urticaceae]

Kusakoakaso (クサコアカソ, 草小赤麻)

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: China - Japan
Habitat: sunny sites, such as roadsides, and forest edges
Chromosome number: 2n = 14

Synonyms

Boehmeria tricuspis (Hance) Makino subsp. paraspicata (Nakai ex H. Hara) Kitam.
Boehmeria tricuspis (Hance) Makino var. unicuspis Makino
Boehmeria paraspicata Nakai ex H. Hara


Boehmeria gracilis in Hokkaido

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On the caldera rim of Mount Usu on August 8 2011.


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