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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 October 30 2011)

Japanese panicgrass
Panicum bisulcatum Thunberg [Poaceae]

Nukakibi (ヌカキビ, 糠黍)

Lifeform: annual grass
Distribution: east Asia, including Japan
Habitat: wet grasslands, and others
Chromosome number: 2n = 36, or 54


Panicum L. in Japan

P. acuminatum Sw. (ニコゲヌカキビ)

var. lindheimeri (Nash) A. A. Beetle (ホソヌカキビ)

P. bisulcatum Thunb. (ヌカキビ)
P. brevifolium L. (クサキビ)
P. capillare L. (ハナクサキビ)
P. dichotomiflorum Michx. (オオクサキビ)
P. elegantissimum Hook. f. (スイシャセトガヤ)
P. humile Nees ex Steud. (ヒメヌカキビ)


Panicum bisulcatum in Hokkaido

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At a shortcut to go Nakayama International Skislope on July 20 2011.


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