Asian sweetleaf

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Symplocos sawafutagi Nagam.

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

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Sawafutagi (サワフタギ, 沢蓋木), Asian sweetleaf
Lifeform: deciduouos, short tree, with 2-6 m in height
Distribution: eastern China - Korea - Japan
Habitat: deciduous forests and grasslands in mountainous zones

Synonyms:

Symplocos chinensis (Lour.) Druce ssp. pilosa (Nakai) Kitag.
Symplocos paniculata auct. non (Thunb.) Miq.
Symplocos chinensis (Lour.) Druce var. leucocarpa (Nakai) Ohwi f. pilosa (Nakai) Ohwi
Palura chinensis (Lour.) Koidz. var. pilosa (Nakai) Nakai

var. terrae-nivosae Baba (オクノサワフタギ), no hair on the leaves, in the Japan Sea side of Honshu
f. leucocarpa (Nakai) Yonek. (シロミノサワフタギ)

Symplocos sawafutagi in Hokkaido

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[1-3] along a trail on Mount Kuromatsunai, southern Hokkaido, on June 12 2024.