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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 September 25 2008. Last on October 21 2011)

Japanese fantail willow
Salix sachalinensis Fr. Schmidt [Salicaceae]

Nagabayanagi (ナガバヤナギ, 長葉柳), also called 'Onoeyanagi (オノエヤナギ)'

Lifeform: large, deciduous tree
Distribution: Japan (Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido) - Kuril
Habit: pioneer sun tree after disturbances in Hokkaido

Synonyms

Salix udensis Trautv. et C.A. Mey
Salix opaca Andersson ex Seemen
Salix siuzevii Seemen


Salix sachalinensis on Mount Usu

willow willow willow
This species is the msot common willow tree on Mount Usu and Mount Koma. [Left] a shrub tree. [Center] An annual shoot. In the crater basin on September 19, 2008. [Right] backside of a leaf. On the fool of Mount Usu on August 24 2011.

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