Creeping pine forests
Overview
Vegetation of Polar climate where dwarf conifer trees are dominant.
Distribution (Horizontal)
northern Honshu, Hokkaido
Distribution (Vertical)
Alpine zones (northern Honshu, Hokkaido)
Index plants
Creeping pines (Pinus pumila)
Plant composition
Creeping pines (Pinus pumila), Montane alders (Alnus maximowiczii), Alpine herbaceous plants
Included climate
Other floras
- Tropical forests
- Subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests
- Warm-temperate evergreen broad-leaved forests
- Warm-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests
- Temperate coniferous forests
- Intermediate-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests
- Cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests (Japan sea type)
- Cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests (Pacific ocean type)
- Northern mixed forests
- Subarctic evergreen coniferous forests
- Creeping pine forests