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posted: March 31st, 2015 |
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This page includes only March 22nd, beginning at 1:06 PM (continued from Page 2) as we descended from the summit of Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro Yama along the Hikage Creek forest road and then made our way back to Takao Station via Hikage Creek. Click on any thumbnail to begin.
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| Begin March 22nd (at 1:06 PM) |
As the header says, now we are descending Mt. Kobotoke-Shiro Yama via the Hikage Creek Forest Road. After we hit the main road we continued along Hikage Creek rather than walking on the road. It was quite an adventure actually because there is no true trail and we had to bushwack (or bushwhack - whichever you prefer) along the creek. Eventually we came up against an unclimbable rock cliff and had to cross the creek, and from there we found a trail. So anyway, all 3 photos in this row show Viola hondoensis flowers and plants.
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 March22nd_Takao039_ ViolaHondoensisRC |
 Mar22_85_HikageCk_ Viola_hondoensisRC |
 Mar22_83_HikageCk_ Viola_hondoensisRC |
Here is a final photo of Viola hondoensis for today. That's followed by 2 shots of Mitella pauciflora. The outlined portion of the center photo shows you what you'll see in the third image.
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 March22nd_Takao043_ ViolaHondoensisRC |
 March22nd_Takao047_ MitellaPaucifloraRC |
 March22nd_Takao047Part _MitellaPaucifloraRC |
Mitella pauciflora is such a strange and cute little plant that here are 3 more shots of it. What insect does it need to attract for pollination? This species only grows close to very cold and clear water streams, apparently it is quite sensitive to any type of water pollution at all.
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 Mar22_89_HikageCk _Mitella_paucifloraRC |
 Mar22_90_HikageCk _Mitella_paucifloraRC |
 Mar22_93_HikageCk _Mitella_paucifloraRC |
Here are 3 beautiful shots of Anemone raddeana. This is such a beautiful flower!
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 March22nd_Takao050 _AnemoneRaddeanaRC |
 March22nd_Takao048_ AnemoneRaddeanaRC |
And here are 3 more shots of Anemone raddeana. It should be obvious that this is a different plant than the one shown in the row just above.
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 March22nd_Takao051_ AnemoneRaddeanaRC |
 March22nd_Takao052_ AnemoneRaddeanaRC |
 Mar22_99_HikageCk_ Anemone_raddeanaRC |
Now we have arrived at the beginning of the forest road and we are following along Hikage Creek. The flower shown in the first 2 photos is Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum. It is such a tiny flower and plant as to be difficult to get good photos of, but its white color somehow makes it easy to focus in on. The 3rd shot is another Oxalis griffithii var. kantoensis. We showed you 2 more shots of it on Page 2 in Row #10. This one is growing amongst the Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum.
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 March22nd_Takao053_Chrysosplenium AlbumVarStamineumRC |
 March22nd_Takao057_Chrysosplenium AlbumVarStamineumRC |
 Mar22_103_HikageCk_Oxalis_ griffithii_var_kantoensisRC |
Here are 2 close-up shots of Chrysosplenium album var. stamineum and those are followed by kind of an overview shot.
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 Mar22_109_HikageCk_Chrysosplenium _album_var_stamineumRC |
At this point we have gone quite a distance downstream and crossed the creek - getting a bit wet in the process. We are now on a rather major trail and the 2 shots in this row show a specimen of Corydalis lineariloba.
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 March22nd_Takao064_ CorydalisLinearilobaRC |
 March22nd_Takao065_ CorydalisLinearilobaRC |
Now we are practically back at "civilization". All 3 images in this row show Gagea lutea. The outlined area of the first photo shows what you'll see in the 2nd image.
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 March22nd_Takao067_ GageaLuteaRC |
 March22nd_Takao067Part _GageaLuteaRC |
 Mar22_115_HikageCk_ Gagea_luteaRC |
Here is a final shot of Gagea lutea and then a single shot of a weird little plant. It's another Chrysosplenium sp., but this one is Chrysosplenium macrostemon var. atrandrum. This photo was actually shot further upstream, about in the vicinity of where the photos in Row #2 were shot, but it just wouldn't fit anywhere due to there being 3 shots of a few species and wanting to keep things together. Oh, well.
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 March22nd_Takao068_ GageaLuteaRC |
 Mar22_81_HikageCk_Chrysosplenium _macrostemon_var_atrandrumRC |
| End March 22nd, End Page 3 |
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