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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 July 28 2011)

Japonolirion osense Nakai [Liliaceae]

APG: Petrosaviaceae

Japonolirion Nakai

One species in the world
Teshiosou / Ozesou (テシオソウ, 天塩草 / オゼソウ, 尾瀬草)

Lifeform: stoloniferous perennial herb
Distribution: endemic to Japan (Honshu and Hokkaido)
Habitat: serpentine grasslands, including wetlands and alpine meadows
Chromosome number: 2n = 24

Synonyms

Japonolirion osense Nakai var. saitoi (Makino et Tatew.) Ohwi
Japonolirion saitoi Makino et Tatew. (discarded)


Japonolirion osense in Hokkaido

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In Teshio Experimental Forest, Hokkaido University, on June 15 2011.


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