(First upload on December 3 2003. Last on September 15 2015) [ 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) > Anacardiaceae (ウルシ科) > Rhus trichocarpa
There are three (four) species in Hokkaido R. ambigua Lavall. ex Dippel (ツタウルシ) = T. orientale R. javanica L., pro. p. (ヌルデ) (s.l.) R. succedanea L. (ハゼノキ) = T. succedaneum (L.) Kuntze R. sylvestris Sieb. et Zucc. (ヤマハゼ) = T. sylvestre (Siebold et Zucc.) Kuntze |
R. trichocarpa Miquel (ヤマウルシ) = T. trichocarpum R. verniciflua Stockes (ウルシ), introduced = T. vernicifluum (Stokes) F. A. Barkley = Toxicodendron Mill when separated from Rhus |
Yama-urushi (ヤマウルシ, 山漆), Japanese sumac Lifeform: deciduous short-tree Distribution: China - Korea - southern Sakhalin - Japan Seed dispersal: animals, in particular, Jungle Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos on Mount Koma (Nishi & Tsuyuzaki 2004) |
Synonyms
Toxicodendron trichocarpum (Miquel) Kuntze f. viridis Hara (アオヤマウルシ) |
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[1/2] in Shizukari wetland, southern Hokkaido, on June 15 2015.
1 2 3 | 1. Seedlings colonized near rocks at 600 m in elevation. 2. Saplings established on a bareland enclosed by the shrub patches of Salix reinii and Gaultheria miqueliana. 3. A fruting tree in a secondary forest at 350 m in elevation (1-5, October 2002) |
4 5 6 | 4. See photo 3. 5. Fruits on the crown throughout winter by aerial seedbank (林冠種子貯蔵) in a secondary forest at 350 m elevation. 6. The fruits soon after ripening become dry and the surface layer is removed. The seed is covered somewhat with wax. |
7 8 9 | 7. A tree with numerous fruits in a secondary forest at 350 m elevation on October 2002. 8. Leaves becoming red earlier than any other broad-leaved trees. Compare to mountainash at the right. 9. R. trichocarpa seedlings at the base of poplar (August 2003). |
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10. The colonization of seedlings and saplings under a Populus maximowiczii of which height is ca 6 m, before the marking of individuals. 11. To monitor seedlings, numbered tape was tagged on each individual.
H. Nishi took all pictures. |