Humans and Nature
Online ISSN : 2185-4513
Print ISSN : 0918-1725
ISSN-L : 0918-1725
Report on the Eupatorium fortunei Turcz. Community in Kako River, Hyogo Prefecture
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1997 Volume 8 Pages 93-102

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Eupatorium fortunei in recent years has become rare due to the destruction of its habitat by river improvement, although it was once widely distributed in southwestern Japan. Now, in Japan, it is distributed in only nine rivers according to reports of the Rivers Bureau in the Ministry of Construction. In the Kako River, in Hyogo Prefecture, about 200 individuals of Eupatorium fortunei were found in 1995. We investigated the Eupatorium fortunei community in the Kako River from the phytosociological viewpoint. As a result of the investigation, it has become clear that the community is mainly distributed in the flood plain of the Kako River. We held a seminar for environmental education involving the use of seedlings of Eupatorium fortunei which were reared by us, and planted the seedlings in the Kako River for the purpose of restoring the original state.

© 1997 Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo
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