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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Pinaceae (マツ科) > Pinus koraiensis
Pinus L. (マツ)Chousengoyou (チョウセンゴヨウ, 朝鮮五葉), Korean nut pine, or Korean pineChousenmatsu (チョウセンマツ, 朝鮮松) Lifeform: evergreen tall tree Distribution: northeastern China - Far East - Korea - southern Japan (Honshu and Shikoku) |
→ originally transplanted to Hokkaido. Some of them are now naturally regenerated Habitat: mountainous forestsPhysiology: tolerate to drought and cold Use: seed = edible ← producing large cones |
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[1] a tall tree planted at a garden in Tomakomai Experimental forest, Hokkaido University, on Ausust 23 2012. [2] a bark (樹皮) at an arboretum (樹木園) in Kyushu University Experimental Forest in Ashoro Town, eastern Hokkaido, on June 5 2014. [3] a juvenile tree. [4] close-up of a shoot. [3/4] at a hill, southeast from Utonaito Swamp, central Hokkaido, on July 16 2012.