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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 Dec. 20 2004. Last on October 28 2011)

Polygonum weyrichii Fr. Schmidt ex Maxim.
[Polygonaceae]

Urajiro-tade (ウラジロタデ, 裏白蓼)

Lifeform: perennial forb growing up to 1.5 m
Flowering period: July-August on Mount Koma
Flower: hermaphrodite pollinated by insects
Habitats: alpine slopes and gravelly places near the sea

Synonums

Aconogonum weyrichii (Fr. Schmidt.) Nakai
Persicaria weyrichii (Fr. Schmidt ex Maxim.) Ronse Decr.
Pleuropteropyrum weyrichii (Fr. Schmidt) H. Gross
Pleuropteropyrum weyrichii (Fr. Schmidt) H. Gross var. alpicola Koidz.


Polygonum weyrichii on Mount Koma

PW1 PW2
PW3 seed4
[1] A P. weyrichii patch. [2] close-up of flowering shoots. [1/2] On the south slope on July 9 2009. [3] close-up of inflorescences on the south slope on July 20 2011. [4] on December 19 2004, two days after imbibition. Seeds were collected on September 8 2004 by Pecapyu Miyoshi.


References

  • Polygonaceae (タデ科)
  • Polygonum sachalinense (オオイタドリ)
  • Titus, J.H. & Tsuyuzaki, S. 2003. Distribution of plants in relation to microsites on recent volcanic substrates on Mount Koma, Hokkaido, Japan. Ecological Research 18: 91-98
  • Tsuyuzaki, S. & Miyoshi, C. 2009. Effects of smoke, heat, darkness and cold stratification on seed germination of 40 species in a cool temperate zone, northern Japan. Plant Biology 11: 369-378

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