Woodrush
Luzula capitata (Miq.) Miq. ex Kom. [Juncaceae]
Suzumenoyari (スズメノヤリ, 雀ノ槍)
Lifeform: perennial grass
Distribution: China - Japan
Habitat: bareground and grasslands in Hokkaido
Luzula capitatas on Mount Usu
[Left] This plant was originated from seedbank in the former topsoil under thick volcanic deposits collected in 2008, 30 years after the 1977-78 eruptions. The samples were germinated in a greenhouse. [Rgiht] A inflorescence in the crater basion of Mount Usu on July 14 2009.
References
- Flora on Mount Usu
- Tsuyuzaki, S. & Goto, M. 2001. Persistence of seedbank under thick volcanic deposits twenty years after eruptions of Mount Usu, Hokkaido Island, Japan. American Journal of Botany 88: 1813-1817