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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 June 21 2011)

Lesser quaking grass
Briza minor L. [Poaceae]

Himekobansou (ヒメコバンソウ, 姫小判草)

Life form: annual grass < 60 cm high
Distribution: native to Europe (exotic to Japan, probably in Edo Era)
Habitat: weed in cropfields, pastures, roadsides, etc.


Briza L. (quaking grasses) in Japan

Annual grass in north temperate regions

B. maxima L. (コバンソウ / タワラムギ, great quaking grass)
B. media L. (チュウコバンソウ, common quaking grass)
B. minor L. (ヒメコバンソウ / スズガヤ, lesser quaking grass)


Briza minor in Japan

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[Left] a flowering shoot. [Center] a base. [Right] close-up of an inflorescence. At Nagai Botanical Garden, Osaka, on May 21 2011

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