22 September 2005.
Honshu, Japan
Locality: Mt. Naebasan (town given as Yusawa-machi)
Coordinates: 36.8918, 138.7425
(Map it)
Elevation: 1120m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: in sun on mountainside in open broadleaf woodland
Associated species: Betula ermanii; Quercus serrata; Acer pictum subsp. mono; Alnus pendula
Aspect: Northeast;
Soil Moisture: Dry;
Soil Texture: Loam
Comment: DESCRIPTION: From a deciduous tree to 25m x 20m with ovate leaf to 6cm x 4cm, mid green above and glossy mid green below, margins serrate. Fruit a green cylindrical catkin to 2.5cm x 1cm, common in sun in dry stony loam on a very steep north-east facing mountainside in open broadleaf woodland with Betula ermanii, Quercus serrata, Acer mono, and Alnus pendula.; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 2: Niigata Prefecture; SUB-COUNTRY GEO 3: Yuzawa-machi; COLLECTOR'S NUMBER: BBJMT-182;
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