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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Asteraceae (キク科) > Cirsium yezoense
Cirsium Mill. (アザミ)Sawa-azami (サワアザミ, 沢薊)Note that Cirsium kamtschaticum is sometiems called Ezo-azami of which most common name is Chishima-azami Life form: tall perennial forb, occasionally becoming 3 m in height Distribution: endemic to Japan (north to Kinki District, and south to southern Hokkaido), more in Japan Sea side Habitat: mesic grasslands and forest floors |
Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (fauna and flora 種リスト) Flowering: late autumnStem and leaf: not so many spines Edible: leaves and stems cooked as tempra fritter, simmered dish, or pickle Synonyms:
Cnicus yezoensis Maxim. → moved to Cirsium |
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[1-3] in the crater basin of Mount Usu on July 18 2013 ⇒ flora on Mount Usu