Naturalized plants in Hokkaido and the Kurils
Hideki TAKAHASHI1, Vyacheslav Yu. BARKALOV2, Alexander A. TARAN3
1 The Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Japan
2 Institute of Biology and Soil Science FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
3 Sakhalin Branch of Botanical Garden-Institute, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
Endangered and naturalized species are the main themes (now known as Red List
and Blue List, respectively) in conservation biology. In this presentation, we show
the present conditions of naturalized plants in Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands.
At present, there are about 2200 vascular plant species including about 600
naturalized ones (ca. 27 %) in Hokkaido, and about 1 400 species including about
200 naturalized ones (ca. 14 %) in the Kurils. The number and percentage
of the naturalized plants reflect the temperature, area size, and the human
activities in these regions. Hokkaido is and/or will become one of the main sources of supply
of naturalized plants to the Kuril Islands. Hokkaido published the "Blue List of
Hokkaido" in 2010, in which all the naturalized species have been categorized
by their potentially harmful influence on the natural ecosystems. The most harmful
naturalized plants have been categorized as A2 rank; those are Aegopodium
podagraria (Apiaceae); Ambrosia artemisiaefolia var. elatior, Cirsium vulgare,
Hieracium aurantiacum, H. pratense, Hypochaeris radicata, Leucanthemum
vulgare, Rudbeckia laciniata, Solidago altissima, Solidago gigantea var. leiophylla,
Taraxacum officinale (Asteraceae); Nasturtium officinale (Brassicaceae); Robinia
pseudoacacia, Trifolium pratense, Trifolium repens (Fabaceae); Iris pseudacorus
(Iridaceae); Plantago lanceolata (Plantaginaceae). In order to preserve the natural
vegetation in the Kuril Islands, the present conditions of these harmful naturalized
plants from Hokkaido shall be monitored in the Kurils. New aliens also must be
studied. We hope to compile and publish a Blue List in the Kurils.
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