Flora of Sakhalin

Pulsatilla integrifolia is a species of plant in the family Ranunculaceae endemic to Sakhalin.

Picea glehnii, the Sakhalin spruce or Glehn's spruce, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It was named after a Russian botanist, taxonomist, Sakhalin and Amur river regions explorer, geographer and hydrographer Peter von Glehn (1835—1876), the person who was the first to describe this conifer. In Japan people call this tree アカエゾマツ, which means "red spruce".

Fragaria iinumae is a species of strawberry in the family Rosaceae. It is native to Japan and eastern Russia. In Japan it was first discovered on Mount Nōgōhaku (能郷白山, Nōgōhaku-san) and the name Nōgō Fragaria (ノウゴウイチゴ・能郷苺, Nōgō Ichigo) was given. All strawberries have a base haploid count of 7 chromosomes. Fragaria iinumae is diploid, having 2 pairs of these chromosomes for a total of 14 chromosomes. Fragaria iinumae is one of the diploid progenitors of the octoploid strawberry.

Carex kabanovii is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of northern Japan and Sakhalin Island.

Carex diastena is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to eastern parts of Russia.

Taraxacum brachyphyllum is a perennial species of dandelion. The species is native to Sakhalin and Japan. T. brachyphyllum grows primarily in temperate areas. The flower is found most commonly between June and August. It was first described in 1933.

Wasabi (Japanese: ワサビ, わさび, or 山葵, pronounced [waꜜsabi]) or Japanese horseradish (Eutrema japonicum syn. Wasabia japonica) is a plant of the family Brassicaceae, which also includes horseradish and mustard in other genera. The plant is native to Japan, the Russian Far East including Sakhalin, and the Korean Peninsula. It grows naturally along stream beds in mountain river valleys in Japan. Wasabi is grown for its rhizomes, which are ground into a paste as a pungent condiment for sushi and other foods. It is similar in taste to hot mustard or horseradish rather than chilli peppers, in that it

Crataegus chlorosarca is an Asian species of hawthorn with black fruit. Although recommended as an ornamental and hardy in cold climates, it is rarely cultivated.

Sasa veitchii (Japanese: クマザサ, Hepburn: kumazasa) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Sasa, in the Poaceae family. It is a bamboo native to Japan and Sakhalin.

Prunus nipponica, also called Japanese alpine cherry (高嶺桜, Takanezakura) or Kurile cherry, is a shrub which originates from the islands of Hokkaido and Honshu, Japan. It grows to a height of about 5 meters (16 ft) and can grow in sandy, loamy, and clay soils. This species is one of the hardiest of cherry trees, well-suited to cold climates. The flowers are a very light pink or even white in color. Flowers bloom in the first half of spring. They have 5 petals and are 3 centimeters (1.2 in) in diameter. The pistils are usually longer than the stamen. The leaves are serrated and the bark is

Prunus ssiori, the Hokkaido bird cherry or Japanese bird cherry, is a species of bird cherry native to northern Japan, Sakhalin Island, and the Kuril Islands. Some natural populations may occur on the far eastern mainland of Asia in Russia. Its specific epithet derives from its Ainu name, meaning "bitter".

Hosta sieboldii, the small-leaved plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Sakhalin, the Kurils, and Japan. A number of cultivars are available.

Daphne jezoensis is a species of shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is native to northern Japan and parts of eastern Russia. It has been treated as either a subspecies or a variety of Daphne kamtschatica.

Dactylostalix is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At the present time (June 2014), there is only one known species, Dactylostalix ringens. It is native to Japan, the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin Island.

Cardiocrinum cordatum, known as turep in the Ainu languages, is a Northeast Asian species of plant in the lily family. It is native to Japan and to certain Russian islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands). Because of its large, showy flowers, Cardiocrinum cordatum is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in regions outside its native range, though not as frequently as the related C. giganteum. The Ainu, a group indigenous to Hokkaido, harvested the bulbs. Starch was extracted and used to create a form of dumpling, a staple of Ainu cuisine. The plant has reportedly become

Vaccinium yatabei is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. It is native to Japan, the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin.

Phyllospadix juzepczukii is a plant species known only from shores of the Russian Far East (Sakhalin, Khabarovsk and Primorye). It grows in salt marshes along the intertidal zones of the Sea of Okhotsk.

Arnica sachalinensis is an Asian species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Sakhalin Island on the Pacific Coast of Russia. Arnica sachalinensis is an herb up to 90 cm tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Flower heads are yellow, with both ray florets and disc florets. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental.

Hypericum yezoense, the Yezo St John's wort, is a species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family Hypericaceae. Native to Japan, Sakhalin, and the Kurils, the plant can be found among rocks and in grasslands. It is a perennial herb with many stems and small flower clusters. Several phytochemicals called yezo'otigirins have been isolated from the species, which have demonstrated anticancer and antimicrobial activity in a laboratory setting.

Abies sachalinensis, the Sakhalin fir, is a species of conifer in the family Pinaceae. It is found in Sakhalin island and southern Kurils (Russia), and also in northern Hokkaido (Japan). The first discovery by a European was by Carl Friedrich Schmidt (1832-1908), the Baltic German botanist, on the Russian island of Sakhalin in 1866, but he did not introduce it to Europe. The plant was re-discovered by the English plant-collector, Charles Maries in 1877 near Aomori on the main Japanese island of Honshū, who initially thought it to be a variety of Abies veitchii. Abies nephrolepis (khingan fir)

Vitis coignetiae, commonly called crimson glory vine, is a species of grapevine belonging to the family Vitaceae. Is native to the temperate climes of Asia and can be found in the Russian Far East (Sakhalin), Korea, and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku). It was described botanically in 1883. It is called meoru (머루) in Korean and yama-budo (ヤマブドウ) in Japanese.

Reynoutria sachalinensis, the giant knotweed or Sakhalin knotweed, (syns. Polygonum sachalinense, Fallopia sachalinensis) is a species of Fallopia native to northeastern Asia in northern Japan (Hokkaidō, Honshū) and the far east of Russia (Sakhalin and the southern Kurile Islands). Reynoutria sachalinensis is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 2–4 m (79–157 in) tall, with strong, extensively spreading rhizomes forming large clonal colonies. The leaves are some of the largest in the family, up to 15–40 cm (6–15.5 in) long and 10–28 cm (4–11 in) broad, nearly heart-shaped, with a somewhat

Hydrangea petiolaris, a climbing hydrangea (syn: Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris), is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae native to the woodlands of Japan, the Korean peninsula, and on Sakhalin island of easternmost Siberia in the Russian Far East. Hydrangea petiolaris is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the closely related Hydrangea anomala from China, Myanmar, and the Himalaya, as Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris. The Hydrangea anomala species differs in being smaller (to 12 metres (39 ft) ) and having flower corymbs up to 15 cm (5.9 in) diameter. The common

Sasa palmata is a species of low-growing, shade-tolerant bamboo that is native to Japan. It is known as broadleaf bamboo or broad-leaved bamboo.

Nuphar japonica, known as East Asian yellow water-lily, is a perennial, aquatic, rhizomatous, herb in the family Nymphaeaceae native to Japan, Korea, and Russia. Nuphar japonica is one of three species in the genus Nuphar that is dispersed in the same geographical location of the Saijo Basin, an area in the Hiroshima Prefecture of Japan.

Artemisia schmidtiana, common name silver mound, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Japan but widely cultivated as an ornamental.

Koenigia weyrichii (synonym Persicaria weyrichii), the Chinese knotweed or Weyrich's knotweed, is a large, perennial, rhizomatous herb native to northeastern Asia in Kamchatka, Sakhalin, and northern and central Japan. It is also locally naturalised in northern Europe. It is one of the parents of the cultivated hybrid Koenigia × fennica, the other being Koenigia alpina.

Leontopodium discolor, known as Ezo-usuyuki-sō or Rebun-usuyuki-sō in Japan, is a species of flowering plant native to alpine areas of Hokkaidō.

Carex nemurensis is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to Japan and eastern parts of Russia.

Viburnum furcatum, the forked viburnum or scarlet leaved viburnum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae). Growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall and broad, it is a substantial deciduous shrub with rounded oval bronze-green leaves, turning red in autumn. Scented white flower-heads resembling those of lacecap hydrangeas are borne in summer, followed by black fruits. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.