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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 March 6 2009)

Veratrum stamineum Maxim. [Liliaceae]

Kobaikeisou (コバイケイソウ, 小梅蕙草)

Life form: deciduous, perennial forb
Distribution: endemic to northern Japan (Hokkaido- Honshu)
Habitat: sunny, wet sites (sometimes establishes with Veratrum album
Poison: containing alkaloid (mainly protoveratrine, jervine, and veratramine) in the whole plant


Veratrum stamineum in Hokkaido

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At a post-mined peatland, Sarobetsu mire, on June 14 2011

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