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Bolboschoenus koshevnikovii (Litv. ex Zinger) A. E. Kozhevn.

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Bolboschoenus (Asch.) Palla (ウキヤガラ)

Ko-ukiyagara (コウキヤガラ, 小浮矢柄), sea clubrush, cosmopolitan bulrush, alkali bulrush, saltmarsh bulrush and bayonet grass
Ezo-ukiyagara (エゾウキヤガラ, 蝦夷浮矢柄)
Lifeform: rhizomatous, perennial sedge
Distribution: Eurasia, including Japan
Habitat: salt marsh, channel, shallow water on river mouth, etc. Chromosome number: 2n = 50

Synonyms:

Scirpus maritimus, auct. non L.
Scirpus compactus, auct. non Hoffm.
Scirpus biconcavus Ohwi
Bolboschoenus planiculmis, auct. non (F. Schmidt) T. V. Egorova, often used
Bolboschoenus maritimus, auct. non (L.) Palla, formerly used
Scirpus planiculmis, auct. non F. Schmidt
Bolboschoenus biconcavus (Ohwi) Horiuchi

Bolboschoenus koshevnikovii in Hokkaido

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[1-4] in a post-mined peatland, Sarobetsu mire, northern Hokkaido, on June 6 2005, collected by N and K.