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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) > Araliaceae (ウコギ科) > Acanthopanax spinosus
Acanthopanax Miq. (ウコギ)Yamaukogi (ヤマウコギ, 山五加木)Lifeform: deciduous shrub ≈ 2-4 m in height Distribution: south to Honshu in Japan Habitat: grasslands and sunny forests Leaf: five leaflets with shallow or unclear teeth |
Synonyms: Eleutherococcus spinosus (L. f.) S. Y. Hu, often used
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[1-3] at the foot of Mount Kakuta in the former Maki Town, Niigata Prefecture, central Honshu, collected on October 17 1990. The specimens are kept in SAPS.