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(First upload on April 25 2016. Last on January 15 2018) [ 日本語 | English ]

Cortaderia selloana (Schult. et Schult. f.) Asch. et Graebn.






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

Cortaderia Stapf (シロガネヨシ)
Shiroganeyoshi (シロガネヨシ, 銀葦), pampas grass (パンパスグラス)
Life form: large perennial grass ≈ 2-3 m tall
Distribution: originally in the South America

introduced in Meiji Era to Japan

Habitat: grasslands (pampa)
Use: ornamental and gardening
Synonyms:

Cortaderia argentea Stapf

Cultivars: albolineata (short < 2 m tall, variegated leaves with yellow edges, aureolineata, pumila (short-dwarf) (ヒメパンパス), sunningdale silver (tall ≈ 4 m tall, dense flowering plumes)
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Cortaderia selloana in Japan


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ST4 ST5
[1-3] near JR Matsushima Coast Station, northern Honshu, on March 21 2016. [4] in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden (小石川植物園), the University of Tokyo, on March 16 2017. [5] in Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 17 2018.

cv. pumila (ヒメパンパス)

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[1-3] in Showa Memorial Park, Tachikawa, Tokyo, on November 17 2018.

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