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Acanthopanax spinosus (L.f.) Miq.

Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

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Acanthopanax Miq. (ウコギ)

Yamaukogi (ヤマウコギ, 山五加木)
Lifeform: deciduous shrub ≈ 2-4 m in height
Distribution: south to Honshu in Japan
Habitat: grasslands and sunny forests
Leaf: five leaflets with shallow or unclear teeth

Synonyms:
Eleutherococcus spinosus (L. f.) S. Y. Hu, often used

when Eleutherococcus is established:
- var. japonicus (Franch. et Sav.) H. Ohba (オカウコギ) = Acanthopanax nipponicus Makino, south to Fukushima Prefecture
- var. nikaianus (Koidz. ex Nakai) H. Ohba (ウラゲウコギ) = Acanthopanax nikaianus Koidz. ex Nakai, south to Kinki District

f. espinosus H. Hara (トゲナシウコギ)

Acanthopanax spinosus in Hokkaido

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[1-3] in front of an apartment on N28/E3, East Ward, Sapporo, on September 11 2020.