(First upload on July 22 2009. Last on October 28 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) > Ericaceae (ツツジ科) > Gaultheria miqueliana
Gaultheria L. (シラタマノキ)Shiratamanoki (シラタマノキ, 白玉ノ木), Miquel's wintergreenLifeform: prostrate, evergreen shrub Distribution: northern Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Islands and Aleutian Islands Habitat: coniferous and/or subalpine thickets Fruit flavor: salicylic acid and sweety Seed dispersal: animal, in particular, hare on Mount Koma (Nomura & Tsuyuzaki 2015) Synonyms: Gaultheria pyroloides auct. non Hook. f et Thomson ex Miq., sometimes used |
Seeds (taken under a binocular stereo-microscope on October 8 2013 by Nomura N). The scale is 1 mm. A seedling grown in an incubator (taken under a binocular stereo-microscope on October 8 2013 by Nomura N). |
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[1] near a permanent plot to measure temporal vegetation changes on July 9 2009 ⇒ flora. The shrub patch restricts the establishment of plants (Uesaka & Tsuyuzaki 2004). [2] on August 27 2016.
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[3/4] along the seacoast of Hamatonbetsu, where Vaccinium vitis-idaea established, in Sarufutsu Village, northern Hokkaido, on August 27 2015. [3] annual shoots were produced. [5] along the trail enterted from the Fukiage Spa on Mount Tokachi (十勝岳), central Hokkaido, on June 27 2017. [6/7] on the north slope of Mount Tarumae (樽前山), June 28, 2022.