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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 February 7 2010)

Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus L. [Malvaceae]

Mukuge (ムクゲ, 木槿/無窮花)

Lifeform: deciduous shrub
Origin: India - China (many cultivars)
Habitat: mountain slop (in the original regions)
Seed dispersal: wind (flat seeds with hair)


Hibiscus syriacus in Hokkaido

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[Left] A patch. [Center] Fruits. [Right] A flower. At N23/W2, East Ward, Sapporo, on August 31 2009.


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