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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 12 2011)

Common hop
Humulus lupulus L. [Cannabaceae]

Karahanasou (カラハナソウ, 唐花草)

Life form: dioecious, perennial climber
Distribution: temperate Northern Hemisphere, including northern Japan
Habitat: grassland - forest


Humulus L. in Japan

H. japonicus Sieb. et Zucc. (カナムグラ)
H. lupulus L.

var. cordifolius (Miq.) Maxim. ex Franch. et Sav.: Eastern Asia (カラハナソウ)
var. lupuloides E. Small (syn. H. americanus Nutt.): Eastern North America
var. lupulus: Europe - western Asia, exotic to Japan (セイヨウカラハナソウ/ホップ)
var. neomexicanus A. Nelson et Cockerell: Western North America
var. pubescens E. Small: Midwest North America


Humulus lupulus var. cordifolius in Hokkaido

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[Left] a cast. [Center] this species produces dimorphic leaves. [Right] too late to see flowers. At Toya Lake Experimental Station, Hokkaido University, on August 24 2010 at Fairbanks, Alaska. It was rain.


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