Northern mixed forests
Synonym
Tatewakia
Overview
Vegetation at the boundary between Cool-temperate climate and Subarctic climate where deciduous trees are mixed with confers, although beeches (Fagus sp.) are usually dominant. Tilia sp., not Fagus sp., and/or conifers such as Jezo spruces (Picea jezoensis) are mixed.
Distribution (Horizontal)
western Hokkaido
Distribution (Vertical)
Basal zones and Colline zones (western Hokkaido)
Index plants
Tilia sp., Jezo spruces (Picea jezoensis)
Plant composition
Tilia sp., Painted maple (Acer pictum subsp. mono), Betula ermanii, Jezo spruces (Picea jezoensis)
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