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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

(First update on November 14 2008. Last on October 24 2010)

False lily of the valley
Maianthemum dilatatum (Alph. Wood) A. Nelson et J.F. Macbride [Liliaceae]

M. dilatatum (Maizurusou, マイヅルソウ, 舞鶴草)

Lifeform: deciduous forb
Distribution: Asia (Far East - Japan) - western North America
Habitat: moist to wet and shady forests
Seed dispersal: animal


Maianthemum F.H. Wigg. in Japan

There are two species in Hokkaido, Japan

M. dilatatum (マイヅルソウ)
M. bifolium (L.) F.W. Schmidt (ヒメマイヅルソウ)


Maianthemum dilatatum in Hokkaido

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[Top/Left] near Toyoha Mine, Sapporo on June 14 1988. [Top/Right, Bottom/Left] at the entrance of Shinsen Bog in Niseko on June 24 2007. I thank Dr. Sato. [Bottom/Right] fruits on the top in Tehsio Experimental Forest, HU, on September 14 2010.


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