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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) > Zea mays
Zea L. (トウモロコシ)ssp. maysToumorokoshi (トウモロコシ, 玉蜀黍), corn (US) or maize (UK) Toukibi (トーキビ) or Toumigi (トウミギ) (唐黍) called in Hokkaido Lifeform: annual grassOrigin (ssp. mexicana): central America Habitat: ruderal lands Pollen: wind-dispersed Photosynthesis: C4 Use: food, oil, bioethanol, etc. |
Cultivars: cv everta (ポップコーン), cv japonica (フイリトウモロコシ) ssp. mexicana (Schrad.) H. H. Iltis (テオシント), wild type (origin of corn) |
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[1-4] nearby a tennis court in the Hokkaido University campus on July 31 2019.