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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Aucuba Thunb. (アオキ)One native species in Japanthe name originating from aokiba (青木葉) var. japonica (s.s.), the type Aoki (アオキ, 青木), Japanese aucuba Lifeform: evergreen, dioecious shrub Distribution: south Korea - Japan Habitat: (evergreen) broad-leaved forests Fruit: green → red Chromosome number: 2n = 32 (4x) Synonyms: Aucuba japonica Thunb. f. brachyphylla (Honda) H. Hara var. borealis Miyabe et Kudo (ヒメアオキ)Lifeform: evergreen < 1 m tall |
Distribution: snowy regions faced to Japan Sea Hair: short hair on young shoots and leaves
f. albivariegata Nakai (ホシテンヒメアオキ) Distribution: south to Chugoku and Shikoku Chromosome number: 2n = 16 f. leucocarpa (Matsum. et Nakai) Ohwi (シロミノアオキ) f. luteocarpa (Dombrain) Rehder (キミノアオキ) f. viridiflora Makino (アオバナアオキ) Cultivars cv luteo-marginata (フクリンアオキ) cv picturata (ナカフアオキ) cv variegata (フイリアオキ) |
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[1-8] var. japonica. [1] in a forest, Minamata, Kyushu, on May 1 1985. [2-4] at Nagara Park close to Nagara Shrine, Otsu City, eastern Japan, on March 19 2012. [5] at Inokashira Park, Mitaka, Tokyo, on January 15 2015. [6] on Shiroyama nature road in Kagoshima City, southern Kyushu, on March 20 2015. [7] near JR Matsushima Coast Station (Matsushima-kaigan eki) on March 21 2016. [8] in Botanic Gardens, Tohoku University, Natural Monument Aobayama, northern Honshu, on March 23 2016.
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[1] at a park, N12/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on October 30 2012. [2/3] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University, on March 30 2023.