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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 October 27 2011)

Rattlesnake fern
Botrychium virginianum (L. ) Sw.
[Ophioglossaceae]

Natsunohanawarabi (ナツノハナワラビ, 夏ノ花蕨)

Lifeform: summergreen perennial fern
Distribution: widespread in cool and temperate regions
Habitat: wet forest floor
Chromosome number: 2n (4x) = 184

Synonyms

Botrypus virginianus (L.) Michx.
Japanobotrychium virginianum (L.) M.Nishida


Botrychium virginianum L. on Mount Usu

ST1 ST2
[1] two shoots, both of which produced sporophytes. [2] close-up of a leaf. Near Yosomi Crater Group on the foot of Mount Usu on August 10 2011. It was rain.

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