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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 Feb. 15 2005. Revision on Jan. 10 2008)

Orchard grass
Dactylis glomerata L. [Poaceae (Graminae)]

Kamoggaya (カモガヤ, 鴨茅)

Lifeform: perennial grass, forming dense tussocks up to 15-140 cm high
Distribution: North America (exotic to Japan)
Habitat: rudeal


Dactylis L.

Containing only one species, D. glomerata


Dactylis glomerata in Hokkaido

Photo Photo Photo
[Left] In the campus of Hokkaido University on June 17 1985. There are many cultivars. [Center/Right] At an unpaved roadside in HU on June 20 2011.


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