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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) > Rosaceae (バラ科) > Dryas integrifolia
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a group of dwarf perennial plants in Rosaceae, native to arctic and alpine of circumpolar regions → geological timescale (地質年代) Characterized by eight petals Nitrogen fixation: by Frankia Three species in the world. One species (D. octopetala var. asiatica) in Japan D. drummondii Richardson ex. Hook. (D. avens キバナチョウノスケソウ) Synonyms:
D. octopetala L. var. integrifolia Hook.
D. integrifolia Vahl (マルバチョウノスケソウ) var. asiatica (Nakai) Nakai (チョウノスケソウ) Hybrid: Dryas × suendermannii = D. drummondii × D. octopetala |
In Russian Botanical BookWe see five more speciesD. ajanensis Juz. D. crenulata Juz. D. grandis Juz. D. octopetala L. D. viscosa Juz. |
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1 D. drummondii. 2 D. integrifolia. 3. D. octopetala
Maruba-chounosukesou (マルバチョウノスケソウ, 丸葉長之助草), entireleaf mountain avens
Lifeform: evergreen dwarf shrub
Distribution: circumpolar
Habitat: rocky bluff, tundra
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[1-3] near Toolik Lake LTER Station on August 8 2009. LTER = long-term ecological research (長期生態学研究)