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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) > Berberidaceae (メギ科) > Berberis fortunei
Berberis L. (メギ)Hosobahi-iraginanten (ホソバヒイラギナンテン, 細葉柊南天), Chinese mahonia, fortune's mahonia or holly grapeLife form: evergreen shrub, with 0.5-4 m tall Distribution: endemic to China and Taiwan imported to Japan after Meiji Era (明治時代) Habitat: forests, scrub thickets, roadsides, along streams, margins of cultivated fields |
Leaf: odd-pinnately compound and alternately arranged Seed dispersal: rounded purple-blue berry → animal Chromosome number: 2n = 28 Utilization: park tree, gardening, etc. Synonyms: Mahonia fortunei (Lindl.) Fedde ex C. K. Schneid. |
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[1-3] in the Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho (→ biotope, corridor) on November 24 2017.