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(First upload on October 12 2013. Last on January 16 2026) [ 日本語 | English ]

Salix L. (ヤナギ) Kesyouyanagi (ケショウヤナギ, 化粧柳) Lifeform: large, deciduous tree ≈ 25 m high Distribution: eastern Asia (Russia - Korea - Japan) Japan: Hokkaido (Hidaka and Tokachi) and central Honshu (Nagano) → RDB of Japan = vulnerable Habitat: gravelly riversides Seed dispersal (種子散布): wind

Synonyms: formely Chosenia → merge with Salix based on phylogenetical analysis Salix arbutifolia Pall. f. adenantha (Kimura) Kimura Chosenia Nakai Chosenia arbutifolia (Pall.) A. K. Skvortsov (commonly used) Chosenia bracteosa (Turcz. ex Trautv. et C. A. Mey.) Nakai Chosenia macrolepis (Turcz.) Kom.

Salix arbutifolia in Hokkaido

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[1-3] on a riverbed along Satsunai River, eastern Hokkaido, on June 26 2013. [4/5] on a riverbed along the Etsumi River, Nakasatsunai Village, south-central Hokkaido, on June 25 2025.