14 September 2018.
Honshu, Japan
Locality: Tochigi Prefecture, Shioya-gun; Shioya-machi; Funyu Forest - Utsunomiya University Forest.
Coordinates: 36.7811, 139.8264
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Elevation: 316m.
Environment description: Dense, dark understory below hinoki (Chamaecyparis obtusa) plantation, along forestry road. Soil light tan, clayey below dense duff layer.
Associated species: Acer crataegifolium:Berberis thunbergii:Magnolia obovata:Prunus serrulata var. spontanea:Quercus mongolica:Stachyurus praecox:Styrax japonicus:Tricyrtis macropoda:Viburnum wrightii
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Soil Texture:
Comment: Multi-stemmed shrub, rounded habit. Height 2 m. Bark light tan to gray. Leaves elliptic and bearing short hairs on abaxial and adaxial surfaces. Fruits are rounded capsules to 5 mm long; light green and hairy.
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