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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 January 13 2011)

Liparis makinoana Schlechter [Orchidaceae]

Suzumushisou (スズムシソウ, 鈴虫草)

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: Eastern Siberia - Korea - Japan
Habitat: forest floor
Chromosome number: 2n = 30


Liparis makinoana in Hokkaido

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In the crater basin of Mount Usu on June 26 2007. The area is now registered in GeoPark. The forest is dominated by a pioneer tree, Populus maximowiczii (ドロノキ)

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