False-brome

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Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv.

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

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Brachypodium P. Beauv. (ヤマカモジグサ)

B. sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv.

Yamakamojigusa (ヤマカモジグサ, 山髢草, s.l.), false-brome, slender false brome or wood false brome
Lifeform: turfed, perennial grass
Distribution: in the temperate regions of the Old World, including Japan
Habitat: sunny forest floor, forest edge, forest roadside, etc.
Hair: on stem and leaf

Synonyms (discarded varieties):

- var. miserrimum (Honda) Masam.
- var. luzoniense (Hack.) H. Hara
- var. kelungense (Honda) C. C. Hsu

var. sylvaticum (エゾヤマカモジグサ)
var. miserum (Thunb.) Koidz. (ヤマカモジグサ, s.l.)

Brachypodium sylvaticum in Japan

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[1-3] in Nagasaki Park (formerly Suwa Park), northwestern Kyushu, on April 16 2017.