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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 August 4 2011)

Crepis gymnopus Koidz. [Asteraceae]

Ezotakanenigana (エゾタカネニガナ, 蝦夷高嶺苦菜)

Lifeform: deciduous, perennial forb < 50 cm in height
Distribution: endemic to Hokkaido
Habitat: rocky serpentine
Endangered status: vulnerable


Crepis L. (hawksbeard)

200 species in the world

C. capillaris (L.) Wallr. (セイヨウニガナ): exotic
C. crocea (Lam.) Babcock (シラゲタンポポ)
C. gymnopus Koidz. (エゾタカネニガナ)
C. hokkaidoensis Babcock (フタマタタンポポ)


Crepis gymnopus in Hokkaido

ST1 ST2
In Teshio Experimental Forest on June 15 2011. Need the permission to enter the forest.

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