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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) > Betulaceae (カバノキ科) > Non-Japanese Alnus
| Alnus Mill. (ハンノキ), non-native to JapanA. crispa, A. glutinosa, A. mandshurica | 
|  Distribution of Alnus crispa | Kyokuhokumiyamahannoki (キョクホクミヤマハンノキ, 極北深山榛ノ木), (American) green alder Life form: deciduous shrub with 3-8 m tall Distribution: Siberia - boreal North America 
	Synonyms: Varieties (Hultén 1968) ssp. crispa f. strangula Fern. | ssp. sinuata (Ait.) Pursh var. laciniata Hult. Cf. A. incana (L.) Moench ssp. tenuifolia (Nutt.) Breitung mountain alder or thinleaf alder Distribution western North America (New Mexico to Alaska) Synonyms: A. tenuifolia Nutt. | 
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[1/2] at Poker Flat near Fairbanks, AK, on August 13 2012.
| Seiyouyamahannoki (セイヨウヤマハンノキ), black alder Guruchino-sahannoki (グルチノーサハンノキ) / Yo-rropayamahannoki (ヨーロッパハンノキ) Lifeform: deciduous tree | Distribution: Europe and southwest Asia (not in Japan) Habitat: moist soil Nitrogen-fixing: by a bacterium, Frankia alni | 
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[1-3] a transplanted tree at the arboretum of Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, in Hitsujigaoka, Sapporo, on July 9 2013. [3] a bark (樹皮).
| Manshu-hannoki (マンシュウハンノキ, 満州榛ノ木), Manchurian alder Lifeform: shrub or short tree ≈ 10 m tall Distribution: northeast China - Far East - northern Korea Habitat: streamsides, disturbed forests | Synonyms: Alnus fruticosa Ruprecht var. mandshurica Callier ex C. K. Schneider | 
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[1-3] on Changbai Mountain, Jilin Province, China, on June 12 2017.