(First upload on June 21 2011. Last on April 7 2019) [ 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) > Briza minor
Briza L. (コバンソウ)Himekobansou (ヒメコバンソウ, 姫小判草), lesser quaking grass or little quaking grassSuzugaya (スズガヤ, 鈴茅) Life form: weedy, annual grass < 60 cm high Distribution: native to Mediterranean Basin
exotic to Japan, probably after Edo Era |
Inflorescence: consisting of several small cone-shaped spikelets Chromosome number: 2n = 10, or 14 |
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[1-3] in Nagai Botanical Garden, Osaka, on May 21 2011. [4] in West Ariake Pier Park, Tokyo, on May 12 2013. [5-7] in the South Park of Kobe Port Island, western Japan, on March 15 2019.