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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 October 31 2011)

Zoysia macrostachya Franchet et Savatier [Poaceae]

Onishiba (オニシバ, 鬼芝)

Lifeform: perennial grass
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan
Habitat: coastal sand dune
Chromosome number: 2n = 40


Zoysia Willd.

Z. japonica Steud. (シバ)
Z. macrostachya Franch. et Sav. (オニシバ)
Z. matrella (L.) Merr. (コウシュンシバ)
Z. pacifica (Goudswaard) M.Hotta et Kuroki (コウライシバ)
Z. sinica Hance

var. nipponica Ohwi (ナガミノオニシバ)
var. sinica (コオニシバ)

Z. × hondana Ohwi (スナシバ)


Zoysia macrostachya in Hokkaido

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At Sunasaki Coast, southern Hokkaido, on July 22 2011.


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