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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) > Cupressaceae (ヒノキ科) > Cryptomeria japonica
Cryptomeria D. Don (スギ)Sugi (スギ, 杉), Japanese ceder: long shoot only (or hard to distinguish between short and long shoots)Lifeform: evergreen needle-leaved tree Distribution: Japan except Hokkaido (endemic to Japan) → the trees in Hokkaido are transplanted Habitat: wet, nutrient-rich soil var. radicans Nakai (アシウスギ) var. sinensis Siebold (カワイスギ) f. clathrata Sugim. (ミタマスギ) f. caespitosa Makino (ムレスギ), many branches on the top, often indistinguishable leader stems, discarded |
Cultivars: Albospica (メジロスギ), Araucarioides (エンコウスギ), Elegans (ヤワラスギ), Lycopodioides (イカリスギ), Sekkan-sugi (セッカンスギ), Spiralis (ヨレスギ), Unciata (エイザンスギ) ⇒ Japanese ceder for using quiver of Japanese archery (矢立のスギ) |
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[1] at a shrine. [2] giant trees. [1/2] at Saod Island, Niigata Prefecture, in November 1995. [3] a landscape created by clear-cutiing on September 10 1990. [4] close-up of a bark (樹皮) on a trail to go Mount Yatsu near Shizuoka Gokoku Shrine*, Shizuoka Prefecture, on March 5 2013. (*: Shinto shrines designated as places of worship for those who died in the war)
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[5] along a street near Hachiman Shrine in the city of Sendai, northern Honshu, on March 23 2016. [6] on an area where wind powers was planned in Esashi, southern Hokkaido, on May 15 2019.
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[1-3] in Botanic Gardens, Tohoku University, Natural Monument Aobayama, northern Honshu, on March 23 2016. [Data] ムレスギ. Cryptomeria japonica f. caespitosa Taxodiaceae. Coll. Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture. Donat. Nasu Imperial Villa. Graft. October 11 1980.