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Yoshino, Y. (Towa Kagaku Co.,Ltd.)
Inoue, N. (The Hiroshima Botanical Garden)
The forest vegetation in Yunoyama Gorge, Hiroshima Prefecture, S.W.Japan
- The pine forest communities and death rate of the pines on rocky sites
and mountainsides -
The phytosociological investigation of the forest vegetation of the Yunoyama
Gorge, Hiroshima Prefecture was carried out. 16 vegetation units were recognized
in this area. Pinus densiflora - Rhododendron mucronantum v. ciliatum community was recognized on the rocky sites and Pinus densiflora - Rhododendron reticulatum community was recognized on the mountainsides. Pinus densiflora - Rhododendron mucronantum v. ciliatum community was subdivided into 8 vegetation units and Pinus densiflora - Rhododendron reticulatum community was subdivided into 5 vegetation units. Dicranopteris linearis and Vaccinium bracteatum, which are selected as diagnostic species for the coastal type of the Pinus densiflora forests (Toyohara 1981) were seen in very restricted location in Yunoyama
Gorge. The ratio of the number of the dead pine trees was not more than
30% in the investigated area.
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