Cool-temperate deciduous broad-leaved forests (Pacific ocean type)

Overview

Vegetation of Cool-temperate climate where deciduous trees are dominant. In the Pacific ocean side, vegetation is adapted to less 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), Carpinus tschonoskii, Carpinus japonica, Cornus kousa, Stewartia pseudocamellia, Ilex macropoda, Lindera umbellata, Symplocos coreana