Panicled hydrangea

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Hydrangea paniculata Sieb. et Zucc.

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

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Hydrangea Gronov. (アジサイ)

Noriutsugi (ノリウツギ, 糊空木), panicled hydrangea
Lifeform: deciduous shrub < 5 m high
Distribution: China - Japan
Habitat: volcanos (→ flora on Mounts Koma and Usu), forests, shrublands, and wetlands (湿原)

Field training on integrated environmental research (統合環境調査法実習) (fauna and flora 種リスト)

f. debilis (Nakai ex Hara) Sugimoto (ヒダカノリウツギ, 日高糊空木), lacking ornamental flowers, distributed in Hidaka Province, Hokkaido

f. grandiflora (Sieb. ex van Houtte) Ohwi or cv. grandifolora (ミナヅキ, 水無月), cultivars - sterile

f. velutina (Nakai) Kitamura, or var. velutina Nakai (ビロードノリウツギ, 天鵞絨糊空木), leaves developing dense hair

and cultivars

Notes

Records in Japan: along O-sawa Course in Nopporo Forest Park on July 17 2021. Near Kintaro Rock between Togendai and Ubako, Hakone, central Honshu, on August 21 2021.

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[1] on the southwestern slope of Mount Koma (⇒ flora) on July 10 2017. [2/3] on the caldera rim of Mount Usu (⇒ flora) on August 8 2011. Discarded: near a permanent plot established on Mount Koma after 2000 on July 9 2009.

Wetlands in Hokkaido

Sarobetsu

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[1] near the (former) Visitor Center On June 20 2008. [2/3] in a post-mined peatland on July 23 2014. [3b] in a post-mined peatland on August 27 2015.