15 September 2018.
Honshu, Japan
Locality: Tochigi Prefecture, Nikko City; ; Nikko (Okunikko) Forest, Nikko National Park - Utsunomiya University Forest.
Coordinates: 36.8040, 139.4875
(Map it)
Elevation: 1803m.
Environment description: North-south ridge in mesic, sub-alpine forest dominated by Betula ermanii, Abies veitchii, and Abies mariesii; next to recent landslide. Soil is dark, organic.
Associated species: Abies mariesii:Abies veitchii:Acer tschonoskii:Betula sp.:Betula ermanii:Betula grossa:Enkianthus campanulatus:Lycopodium clavatum:Rhododendron degronianum:Sorbus commixta:Tsuga diversifolia
Aspect: ;
Slope: 30 Degrees;
Soil Texture:
Comment: Coarsely textured shrub with large evergreen leaves, clustered on branch ends. Height 3 m. Leaves thick, ovate to elliptic, to 14 cm long and 6 cm wide; glossy and glabrous adaxially, slight tomentum adaxially. Fruits are capsules, green to brown, ovoid, with rough surface; 2 cm long and 5 m wide, borne on 3 cm peduncles.
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