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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Shorea Roxb. ex C. F. Gaertn. (サラノキ)Saranoki (サラノキ, 沙羅木), sal (tree)Sarasouju (サラソウジュ, 沙羅双樹) Lifeform: evergreen tree ≈ 30 m tall Distribution: Pakistan - Nepal- India - Bangladesh - China - Bhutan (southeastern Asia) (Shishir, et al. 2020) Habitat: monsoon forests |
One of the three spiritual trees for Buddhism |
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[1-3] in the glasshouse of Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 17 2022.