Cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests (Japan sea type)

Overview

Vegetation of Cool-temperate climate where deciduous trees are dominant. In the Japan sea side, vegetation is adapted to heavy snowfall.

Distribution (Horizontal)

Honshu island, western Hokkaido

Distribution (Vertical)

Basal zones and Colline zones (northern Honshu island, western Hokkaido), Montane zones (southern Honshu island)

Index plants

Beeches (Fagus sp.), Quercus mongolica subsp. crispula

Plant composition

Siebold's beech (Fagus crenata), Daphniphyllum macropodum subsp. humile, Ilex leucoclada, Aucuba japonica var. borealis, Cephalotaxus harringtonia var. nana, Skimmia japonica var. intermedia f. repens, Euonymus lanceolatus, Plagiogyria matsumureana, Arachniodes mutica, Carex multifolia, Mitchella undulata