Distribution: Huyton (SJ4490, Steve Rowlands,1999); Liverpool International Garden
Festival Site (SJ3686, Anon@AMEC, 2005); wood below churchyard, Fletcher Moss,
Didsbury (SJ8490, Manchester Field Club Exc., 2005, DP Earl, 2010); wooded bank
above the River Mersey overflow, Didsbury (SJ8489, Manchester Field Club Exc.,
2005); Captains Clough, Bolton (SD6910, DP Earl & J Earl, 2011); below the
Leeds & Liverpool Canal, Blackburn (SD6726, DP Earl & J Earl, 2011).
Habitat:
Planted woodland.
Comments:
Neophyte, native to Japan. Probably under-recorded and should be looked for amongst
amenity plantings. Th Captains Clough plants are var. atropurpurea. The Blackburn
plants are an estimated 6m tall.
