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(First upload on October 4 2010. Last on September 10 2021) [ 日本語 | English ]

Carpinus cordata Blume






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

Carpinus L. (クマシデ)
Sawashiba (サワシバ, 沢柴) or sawashide (サワシデ), heartleaf hornbeam
Life form: deciduous tree
Distribution: China - Korea - Japan

Of Carpinus distributed in Japan, only C. cordata is distributed in Hokkaido.

Habitat: close to river, e.g., valley (sawa means valley)

Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (出現種リスト)

Seed dispersal: wind by winged bracts
Chromosome number: 2n = 16
Synonyms

Carpinus cordata Blume var. microcarpa (Hayashi) Hayashi
Carpinus erosa Blume

var. chinensis Franch. (ビロードサワシバ)
var. pseudojaponica Winkl. (オオサワシバ)
索引

Carpinus cordata in Hokkaido


ST1 ST2 ST3 ST3
[1-3] in Tomakomai Experimental Forest, HU, on August 26 2010. [4] along Fureai Course in Nopporo Forest Park on July 17 2021.

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