(First upload on July 26 2023. Last on February 25 2026) [ 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) > Oleaceae (モクセイ科) > Chionanthus retusus
Chionanthus L. (ヒトツバタゴ)Hitotsubatago (ヒトツバタゴ, 一葉田子), Chinese fringetreeNanjamonja (ナンジャモンジャノキ) Lifeform: deciduous, tall tree, often becoming > 20 m in height Distribution: China - Korea - Taiwan - Japan (Tsushima, Gifu and Aichi) RDB: VU Habitat: mesic hillsides |
☛ Bark (樹皮) Chromosome number: 2n = 46 Use: gardening (ornamenta) in Europe and North America Synonyms (discarded varieties):
- var. serrulatus (Hayata) Koidz. |
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[1-3] in Jindai Botanical Gardens, Chofu, central Japan, on July 30 2025. [4/5] at Okachimachi Park in Taito Ward, Tokyo, on June 6 2023.