(First upload on December 28 2012. Last on November 28 2018) [ 日本語 | English ]
Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Poaceae (Gramineae) (イネ科) > Andropogon virginicus
Andropogon L. (メリケンカルカヤ)Merikenkarukaya (メリケンカルカヤ, 米利堅刈萱), broomsedge bluestem (and others)Lifeform: weedy, turfed, perennial grass Distribution: native to southwestern North America
immigrated to western and central Japan, invasive species to various countries |
Habitat: arable lands (open spaces), croplands, etc. Seed dispersal: wind |
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[1] near a ditch at a parking lot in front of the arrival gate of Kobe Airport on September 18 2012. [2-5] along the inner moat of Edo Castle (江戸城), Tokyo, on October 19 2018. [6] along an unpaved road in Kyoto Botanical Gardens, western Japan, on September 18 2022.