(First upload on August 28 2013. Last on July 22 2024) [ 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) > Brassicaceae (Cruciferae) (アブラナ科) > Armoracia rusticana
Armoracia G. Gaertn., B. Mey. et Scherb. (セイヨウワサビ)Seiyouwasabi (セイヨウワサビ, 西洋山葵), horseradish Wasabidaikon (ワサビダイコン, 山葵大根), Umadaikon (ウマダイコン, 馬大根)Lifeform: perennial forb < 150 cm high Distribution: native to East Europe (exotic to Japan, in particular, Hokkaido) Habitat: arable lands, waste grounds and by-streams, probably escaped from crop fields Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (fauna and flora 種リスト) |
Physiology: cold tolerant Edible plant: whole parts, escpecially, rhizomes Wasabi (ワサビ, 山葵) in Hokkaido
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[1/2] at a street garden, N30/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on Juy 21 2013. [3-5] at the Institute of Boreal Environments, Kushiro, eastern Hokkaido, on June 28 2015. [6] besides a hedge in N23/W2, North Ward, Sapporo, on May 13 2023. [9] in front of an apartment in N28/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on June 1 2024.