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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 January 11 2008. Last on Janurary 19 2012)

Platanthera metabifolia F. Maekawa [Orchidaceae]

Ezochirori (エゾチドリ, 蝦夷千鳥)

Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: China - Korea - Hokkaido - Far East - Sakhalin
Habitat: coastal forests, and wetlands
Chromosome number: 2n = 42

Synonyms

Platanthera chlorantha auct. non Cust. ex Rchb.
Platanthera extremiorientalis Nevski


Platanthera metabifolia on Mount Koma

Salix1 Salix2
[1] many flowering Platanthera metabifolia shoots in a S. reinii patch on July 18 1996. [2] a flowering shoot in a willow patch observed in the summit area on July 21 2001.

Salix Salix
[Left] A whole individual. [Right] Close-up. On the south slope of Mount Koma on July 12 2006.


References

  • facilitation
  • Flora on Mount Koma
  • Uesaka, S. & Tsuyuzaki, S. 2004. Differential establishment and survival of species in deciduous and evergreen shrub patches and on bare ground, Mt. Koma, Hokkaido, Japan. Plant Ecology 175: 165-177

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