(First upload on May 11 2010. Last on March 9 2020) [ 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) > Cephalotaxaceae (イヌガヤ科) > Cephalotaxus harringtonia
Cephalotaxus Siebold et Zucc. ex Endl. (イヌガヤ)Inugaya (イヌガヤ, 犬榧), Japanese plum yewDistribution: endemic to eastern Asia Habitat: deciduous-forest floor C. harringtonia (Knight) K. Koch (イヌガヤ, s.l.) var. drupacea (Sieb. et Zucc. ex Miq.) Koidz. (イヌガヤ, s.s.) Life form: evergreen needle-leaved short tree ≈ 6-10 m tall Distribution: northern China - Korea - Japan (not in Hokkaido) |
var. nana (Nakai) Rehder Hai-inugaya (ハイイヌガヤ, 這犬榧), dwarf Japanese plum yew Life form: evergreen needle-leaved shrub < 2 m high Distribution: Mainly in Japan Sea side (Honshu - Shikoku) - western Hokkaido f. fastigiata (Carr.) Rehd. (チョウセンマキ): gardening |
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[Engler's syllabus (エングラー体系)]
Etymology: cephalo (head) + taxus (yew) Three genera: Amentotaxus Pilg. |
Cephalotaxus Siebold et Zucc. ex Endl., one species in Japan (C. harringtonia) |
Torreya Arn. One species in one genus (Cephalotaxus) is distributed in Japan |
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[1/2] on Seyama trail in Kobe, western Japan, on March 16 2019.
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[1] dominant on the forest floor. [2] close-up of bush. [3] close-up of sampling. [1-3] on the north slope of Mount Sankaku, Sapporo City, on April 17 2010 ⇒ Mount Moiwa (藻岩山)
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[4/5] cones in a small forest near GSEES, HU, on May 21 2013. [6] male flowers (winter buds) at a hedge in Sapporo on February 20 2020.