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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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TermsSeashore (海浜/海岸)Land by the seaLand adjacent to the sea Coast (海岸/沿岸)Land next to the sea (= the seashore)The land near a shore Seashores in Hokkaido (in Japanese) |
Field training on integrated environmental research 統合環境調査法実習 |
Vegetation distributed near coast
Often creating zonal distribution of plant communities along distance from shoreline There are many endemic and/or endangered species, due to its specific environments, as well as wetland (湿原), and destruction of natural coasts by human activities |
Coastal forest (海岸林)A typical forest is Quercus dentata forest in Hokkaido. |
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Plants, including seagrass, distributed specifically on coasts
A few of these species establish on the volcanoes Mount Usu and Mount Koma, both of which are located nearby the Pacific Ocean. Morphological and physiological characteristicsLeaf: Thick, shiny and/or hairy, to avoid salinity stressCoastal plant species in Hokkaido
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