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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 April 17 2005)

Dog-tooth Violet (Katakuri
Erythronium japonicum Dence. [Liliaceae]

Katakuri (カタクリ, 片栗)

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: Korea - Japan
Habitat: deciduous forest (spring ephemeral)


Erythronium L.

Native species is one in Japan.


Erythronium japonicum in Hokkaido

Photo
near Toyoha Mine on May 15 2002


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