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(First upload on November 26 2012. Last on December 13 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]

Cornus canadensis L.






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

Cornus L. (ミズキ)
Gozentachibana (ゴゼンタチバナ, 御前橘), creeping dogwood
Lifeform: stoloniferous perennial forb < 20 cm high, typical sprouter after wildfre (森林火災)
Distribution: boreal regions in Asia (including Shikoku, Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan) and North America
Habitat: in and around needle-leaved forests in subalpine zones
Leaf: phenology = evergreen or dedicuous

verticil, usually consisting of 6 leaves (cuneate at the base, pinnately branched vein) ___ C. canadensis L.
adverse, without stalk (circular at the base, somehow palmate vein) ___ C. suecica L.

Seed dispersal: animal
Flower: white ↔ pale violet ___ C. suecica
Ovary: dense hair ↔ coarse hair C. suecica

verticil, usually consisting of 6 leaves ___ C. canadensis L.
adverse, without stalk ___ C. suecica L.

Synonyms:

Chamaepericlymenum canadense (L.) Asch. et Graebn.

索引

Cornus canadensis in Alaska


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[1] a burned site on the summit area of Poker Flat, interior Alaska, on August 9 2012.

Cornus canadensis in Japan


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[1] white and pale-green calyxes. [2/3] at the Nonaka Entrance to go Mount Higashi-Nupukaushinupuri (1252 m elevation), eastern Hokkaido, on June 27 2013. [5] at the western slope of Mount Yotei (羊蹄山), central Hokkaido, on June 28 2014.

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