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(First upload on September 22 2012. Last on January 7 2017) [ 日本語 | English ]

Trifolium arvense L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Trifolium L. (シャジクソウ)
Shagumahagi (シャグマハギ, 赤熊萩), rabbitfoot clover or haresfoot clover
Shagumatsumekusa (シャグマツメクサ, 赤熊詰草)
Lifeform: annual/biennial forb
Distribution: native to Europe except the Arctic zone

weedy or invasive to Japan and the New Continent
Hokkaido Blue List: A3

Habitat: baregrounds - grasslands on sandy soils
Use: nitrogen-fixing ← meadows for sheep and goat
Synonyms (discarded):

Trifolium arvense L. var. perpusillum DC. (at the same time, discarded var. arvense)

f. albiflorum Sylven (シロバナシャグマハギ)
索引

Trifolium arvense in the Northern Hemisphere


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[1/2] along Route 36 close to JR South Chitose Station, central Hokkaido, on July 16 2012. [3] along a paved road near a harbor in Saint John, New Brunswick, eastern Canada, on September 19 2014. [4/5] along a paved road, N13/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on August 19 2016.

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