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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
Phylogeny of Order Salviniales Marsileaceae
Marsilea
Azolla |
Salviniaceae16 species in 2 genera worldwideLifeform: floating aquatic plant Azolla Lam. (アカウキクサ)Azollaceae Lam. (アカウキクサ) when separated from Salviniaceae Salvinia Ség. (サンショウモ) |
Root: not develped S. cucullata Roxb. ex Bory (ナンゴクサンショウモ) |
S. molesta D. S. Mitch. (オオサンショウモ) |
S. natans (L.) All. (サンショウモ) |
Oh-sanshoumo (オオサンショウモ, 大山椒藻), giant salvinia or kariba weed Lifeform: floating, aquatic fern |
Habitat: slow-moving waters, e.g., in lakes, ponds, oxbows, streams, ditches, marshes and rivers
cleaning water pollution |
Distribution: native to south-eastern Brazil
invasive to Europe Frond (leaf): 0.5-4 cm long |
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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022.