(First upload on November 23 2003. Last on Octoger 27 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) > Salicaceae (ヤナギ科) > Populus maximowiczii
Populus L. (ヤマナラシ)Doronoki (ドロノキ, 泥ノ木), Japanese poplarDoroyanagi (ドロヤナギ, 泥柳) Lifeform: deciduous tall tree Distribution: East Asia (China, Korea, and Japan) Habitat: on disturbed sites, e.g., soon after volcanic eruptions (Tsuyuzaki 2009), such as Mounts Usu and Koma ⇒ flora on Koma and Usu |
Young shoot: non-flavor ↔ P. koreana Rehd. (チリメンドロ) = flavor Synonyms:
Populus suaveolens Fisch., recently used |
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[1-3] on the caldera rim of Mount Usu. [1/2] many poplar saplings damaged by insect herbivores. Leaves were completely withered owing to the herbivory. However, this tree was alive in the next year. Great! The two photos were taken on July 27 1995 (Haruki & Tsuyuzaki 2001). [3] Regeneration of Populus maximowiczii was exclusively from resprouts from branches buried beneath the volcanic deposits on the caldera rim (Tsuyuzaki & Haruki 1996). [1-3] on November 12 1990.
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[4-6] on the southwest slope of Mount Koma, southern Hokkaido, on August 4 2015.