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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 December 28 2011)

Stickystem pearlwort
Sagina maxima A. Gray [Caryophyllaceae]

Hamatsumekusa (ハマツメクサ, 浜爪草)

Lifeform: annual/perennial forb
Distribution: China - Russia - western Canada/USA
Habitat: sea coast
Chromosome number: 2n = 44

Synonyms

Sagina crassicaulis S. Watson var. littorea (Makino) H. Hara
Sagina maxima A. Gray var. littorea (Makino) H. Hara


Sagina L. in Japan

S. apetala Ard. (イトツメクサ)
S. decumbens (Ell.) Torr. et A. Gray (キヌイトツメクサ)
S. japonica (Sw.) Ohwi (ツメクサ)
S. maxima A. Gray (ハマツメクサ)

f. crassicaulis (S. Watson) M. Mizush. (エゾハマツメクサ)

S. procumbens L. (アライトツメクサ)
S. saginoides (L.) H. Karst. (チシマツメクサ)


Sagina maxima in Hokkaido

ST1 ST2
ST3 ST4
[1-4] At Charatsunai Coast close to Muroran Marine Station, HU, on August 22 2011.


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