(First upload on February 13 2017. Last on October 29 2022) [ 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) > Festuca parvigluma
Festuca L. (ウシノケグサ)Toboshigara (トボシガラ, 唐帽子殻)Lifeform: turfed, perennial grass, with 30-60 cm tall Distribution: northern India - China - Korea - Japan Habitat: grasslands and sparse forests, in particular, on forest edges and forest roads Arista: curly and long var. breviaristata Ohwi (イブキトボシガラ) |
Synonyms:
- f. breviaristata (Ohwi) T. Koyama Syn. F. gigantea (L.) Vill. Exotic to Japan → Hokkaido Blue List: B Firstly reported from the Botanic Garden of Hokkaido University in 1971 These plants may be this species - need to check |
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[1-3] along Horonai River in Tomakomai Experimental Forest (ToEF), central Hokkaido, on June 10 2022.
O-shutoboshigara (オウシュウトボシガラ, 欧州唐帽子殻), giant fescue Lifeform: loosely-turfed perennial grasss ≈ 45-200 cm tall Distribution: Europe - Caucasus - central Asia - western and eastern Siberia Hokkaido Blue List: B |
Habitat: on heavy, neutral and calcerous soils, in woodland, hedge banks and shady places Chromosome number: 2n = 42 |
Synonyms:
Lolium giganteum (L.) Darbysh., often used |
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[1-4] probably F. gigantea at a roadside close to Central Kindergarten, N2/W11, Sapporo, on July 13 2016.