(First upload on May 5 2009. Last on September 13 2021) [ 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) > Caprifoliaceae (スイカズラ科) > Sambucus racemosa
Sambucus L. (ニワトコ)ssp. racemosa (セイヨウアカミニワトコ), the type in North America and Europessp. sieboldiana (Miq.) Hara (ニワトコ, 接骨木/庭常) Distribution: China - southern Korea - Japan (not in Hokkaido) Habitat: common on mountain hills Stem: 3-6 m tall Dormant bud: sharp top
var. major (Nakai) Murata (オオニワトコ) |
Ezoniwatoko (エゾニワトコ, 蝦夷接骨木), red elder Lifeform: deciduous shrub Distribution: Russian Far East - Korea - Japan (Hokkaido - northern Honshu) Habitat: woodlands - forests HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan (flora list) Seed dispersal: animalLeaf: dense > ssp. sieboldiana Inflorescence: granular process → extended, hair-like Chromosome number: 2n = 38 Synonyms:
Sambucus sieboldiana (Miq.) Blume ex Graebn. var. miquelii (Nakai) H. Hara, excl. basionym |
f. hiraii (Miyabe et Tatewaki) Hara ex Honda (ホソバエゾニワトコ) |
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[1/2] at the backyard of the university co-op central restaurant on April 29 2008. [3/4] at the backyard of the Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, on May 19 2016. [5] fruits in Genshirin on July 23 2009. [6] along O-sawa Course in Nopporo Forest Park on July 17 2021. Records: inflorescences found in Genshirin (原始林) or Keiteki-no-mori Forest (恵迪の森) on May 19 2008. Around the accomodation of Teshio Experimental Forest, northern Hokkaido, on August 30 2021. Red fruits along a walkboard in a post-mined peatland near Sarobetsu Visitor Center, northern Hokkaido, on August 21 2022.