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posted: April 30th, 2010
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This page includes only April 24th, a 2nd climb of Takamizu 3 Mountains Trail, near Mitake. Takamizu 3 Mountains Trail include climbs of Mt. Sougaku (759 m = 2,490 ft), Mt. Iwatakeishi (793 m = 2,602 ft) and Mt. Takamizu (756 m = 2,480 ft). This is the same mountain we climbed for the first 6 Rows of Page 2. We were searching for a very specific violet both times, but even this time we did not find it in bloom. Click on any thumbnail to begin.

Begin April 24th
  Well, as the page header says, on April 24th we climbed the Takamizu 3 Mountains Trail, near Mitake, for the 2nd time this month. This time (last time too) we were searching for a very specific violet. Last time we found the plant, but it was not yet blooming. This time - 2 weeks later - we found the same plant again and it seemed like it had not grown at all! The weather has been so cold this year. Oh well, we found some other violets this time - ones which were not in bloom 2 weeks ago. In this row you can see the leaves of a Viola sieboldi f. variegata and the flowers of it too.
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  Here you can see a Viola violacea var. makinoi in first position, a hybrid Viola rossii x V. bissetii in 2nd position and a normal Viola bissetii in 3rd position. We had only found this hybrid one time before - and on a different mountain. We found it in April 2008 and you can see those photos HERE in Rows 7 & 8.
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  Here is a Viola tokubuchiana var. takedana and then 2 photos of scenery with blooming Mountain Cherry Trees.
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  The first shot in this row is a VERY TINY Viola rossii - just coming out of the ground. The 2nd shot is a larger size Viola rossii and the 3rd shot is an interestingly colored Viola violacea var. makinoi
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  The first shot here is along the trail - we had a lot of blowdown this past winter, some really amazingly strong winds occurred. The 2nd shot is a Viola phalacrocarpa and the 3rd shot is a Viola violacea var. makinoi.
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  Here are 2 shots of Viola rossii - we both took photos of the same plant. Kazuya's shot shows the leaf better and my shot shows the flowers better. This is a very beautiful plant. The 3rd shot is the summit of Mt. Iwatakeishi (793 m = 2,602 ft), taken from the trail which goes to Mt. Kuro. We didn't go all the way to Mt. Kuro, just a little ways towards it and we realized we would not have sufficient time before it got dark.
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  Here is a shot of Mt. Takamizu (756 m = 2,480 ft) from the same place as the previous photo. The 2nd and 3rd shots show you 2 more nice examples of Viola violacea var. makinoi.
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  Here is one more occurrence of that hybrid Viola rossii x V. bissetii and then 2 shots of normal Viola bissetii.
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  Here is a great shot of Viola grypoceras which gives you an idea of how prolific this one can be. The 2nd shot is one possibility I considered for the "Favorite Photo Of April 2010". I decided I liked the Cherry Blossom Photo better though. So, I stuck this one here rather than throw it out. It is just a few examples of Violets we saw during April.
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End April 24th, End Page 4, End April 2010's Photos
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