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Table 2 List of species that are unpalatable and grazing tolerant to deer in study area

From: Response of understory vegetation over 10 years after thinning in an old-growth cedar and cypress plantation overgrazed by sika deer in eastern Japan

Type

Species name

Family name

Life form

References

Unpalatable

Dennstaedtia hirsuta

Dennstaedtiaceae

perennial

1

Dennstaedtia wilfordii

Dennstaedtiaceae

perennial

6

Stegnogramma pozoi subsp. mollissima

Thelypteridaceae

perennial

1

Chloranthus serratus

Chloranthaceae

perennial

1, 5

Arisaema spp.

Araceae

perennial

1, 5

Arisaema angustatum

Araceae

perennial

1, 5

Arisaema nikoense

Araceae

perennial

1, 5

Cocculus trilobus

Menispermaceae

vine

1

Boenninghausenia albiflora var. japonica

Rutaceae

perennial

1, 5

Pterostyrax hispida

Styracaceae

tree

4, 5

Cynoglossum asperrimum

Boraginaceae

perennial

1

Cynanchum caudatum var. tanzawamontanum

Apocynaceae

vine

6

Trachelospermum asiaticum

Apocynaceae

vine

6

Tubocapsicum anomalum

Solanaceae

perennial

1

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Asteraceae

perennial

1

Aster ageratoides var. ageratoides

Asteraceae

perennial

3

Ligularia dentata

Asteraceae

perennial

2, 5

Grazing-tolerant

Brachypodium sylvaticum

Poaceae

perennial

5

Calamagrostis hakonensis

Poaceae

perennial

5

Festuca parvigluma

Poaceae

perennial

5

Oplismenus undulatifolius

Poaceae

perennial

5

Microstegium japonicum

Poaceae

Annual

5

Microstegium vimineum

Poaceae

Annual

5

Sasa hayatae

Poaceae

bamboo

6

Persicaria debilis

Polygonaceae

Annual

5

Persicaria longiseta

Polygonaceae

Annual

6

Persicaria nepalensis

Polygonaceae

Annual

6

Persicaria posumbu

Polygonaceae

Annual

5

Pilea hamaoi

Urticaceae

Annual

5

Pilea japonica

Urticaceae

Annual

5

Clinopodium micranthum var. micranthum

Lamiaceae

perennial

6

Hydrocotyle yabei var. yabei

Apiaceae

perennial

5

Cirsium tenuipedunculatum

Asteraceae

perennial

6

  1. 1, Takatsuki (1989); 2, Hasegawa (2000); 3, Nomiya et al. (2003); 4, Ninomiya and Furubayashi (2003); 5, Tamura and Katsuyama (2007); 6, Tamura (personal observation)