(First upload on September 15 2009. Last on November 15 2018) [ 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) > Cercidiphyllaceae (カツラ科) > Cercidiphyllum japonicum
[Engler's syllabus エングラー体系]
consisting of one genus (Cercidiphyllum)
Cercidiphyllum Sieb. et Zucc.C. japonicum Sieb. et Zucc. (カツラ)f. pendulum (Miyoshi ex Makino et Nemoto) Ohwi (シダレカツラ) [syn. C. magnificum (Nakai) Nakai f. pendulum (Miyoshi ex Makino et Nemoto) Spongberg] |
C. magnificum (Nakai) Nakai (ヒロハカツラ), syn. C. japonicum Sieb. et Zucc. var. magnificum Nakai |
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Katsura (カツラ, 桂), Katsura tree Lifeform: large, deciduous tree Distribution: Japan (one variety is distributed in China) Habitat: streamside, valley, etc. On Mount Usu, the ridges are occuplied by Populus maximowiczii, and the valleys are by C. japonicum Dioecious plant Chromosome number: 2n = 38 |
Katsura forest established in Tsukiura Forest Park faced to Toya Lake on September 4 2018. |
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[1] a tree near the 2000 crater (K-1) at the foot of Mount Usu on September 9 2009. [2-3] In Nakagawa Experimental Forest, Hokkaido University, on June 16 2011. [4] a bark seen along a lake coast on Toya Lake close to Toya Lake Experimental Station, HU, on August 23 2011. [5] male flowers on a transplanted tree in the Hokkaido University campus on May 10 2013. [6] a seedling at Sakushu-kotoni River i nthe HU Campus on July 11 2013.