2016 Volume 91 Issue 2 Pages 105-106
Schizachne purpurascens (Torr.) Swallen subsp. callosa (Turcz. ex Griseb.) T. Koyama & Kawano (Poaceae) is recorded from Mt. Takamine, Ohkawa Iwaizumi-cho, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The perennial grass grew in the deciduous forest on a boulder slope located at an altitude of 1060 meters. All the past specimens of this species were collected only from Hokkaido and Central Honshu, and this is the first record for Tohoku region.