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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 October 2 2010. Last on September 29 2011)

Teshio promerose, tentative
Primula takedana Tatewaki [Primulaceae]

Teshiokozakura (テシオコザクラ, 手塩小桜)

Lifeform: deciduous perennial
Distribution: endemic to northern Hokkaido, Japan
Habitat: serpentine zone (蛇紋岩帯)
Flowering season: white flowers during late May and mid-June


Primula takedana in Hokkaido

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P3 P4
[1] a population on September 14 2010. [2] fruits on a flowering shoot. It was late to see the beautiful flowers. [3] a patch. [4] a flower at the end of season. [2-4] in Teshio Experimental Forest, Hokkaido University on June 15 2011.

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