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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 Sept. 18 2007. Revision on June 5 2009)

Salix vulpina Andersson [Salicaceae]

Kitsuneyanagi (キツネヤナギ, 狐柳)

Lifeform: deciduous shrub < 2 m high
Distribution: northern Japan - southern Kuriles
Habitat: sunny mountains

Varieties

Salix vulpina Andersson (キツネヤナギ, s.l.)

subsp. vulpina (キツネヤナギ, s.s.)
subsp. alopochroa (Kimura) H. Ohashi et Yonek. (サイコクキツネヤナギ)

f. psilostachys (Kimura) H. Ohashi et Yonek. (カンサイキツネヤナギ)

Synonyms

Salix vulpina Andersson var. subalpina Koidz.


Salix vulpina on Mount Koma

Salix Salix Salix
[Left] a patch. [Center] close-up of leaves. [Right] old inflorescences. On the southwest slope of the mountain on July 9 2008.


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