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The Hokkaidō deciduous forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0423) covers the northern and southern coasts of the island of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the main islands of Japan. The region sits in the transition zone between the colder subarctic forests to the north and the more temperate forests to the south. Characteristic trees include Mongolian ...
temperate and subalpine mixed forest: Japan: Yakushima Wilderness Area Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests, Taiheiyo evergreen forests: subtropical and temperate rainforest: Japan: Kasugayama Primeval Forest: Taiheiyo evergreen forests: Malaysia: Belum-Temengor [3] Peninsular Malaysian rain forests: Malaysia: Danum Valley: Borneo ...
Temperate deciduous forest. Old growth beech forest in Slovakia. Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest 'dominated' by deciduous trees that lose their leaves each winter. [1] They represent one of Earth's major biomes, making up 9.69% of global land area. [2]
Terrestrial ecoregions. Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests. Ogasawara subtropical moist forests. Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. Hokkaidō deciduous forests. Nihonkai evergreen forests. Nihonkai montane deciduous forests. Taiheiyo evergreen forests.
39.75°N 141.25°E. / 39.75; 141.25. The Nihonkai montane deciduous forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0428) covers the Nihonkai (Sea of Japan-side) mountain slopes of Japan's central island of Honshu, including most of the northern half of the island. [ 1][ 2] Also included in the ecoregion are the forested lowland hills of the Oshima Peninsula ...
At higher elevations, the Taiheiyo evergreen forests yielded to the Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests of the interior. [2] The forests include a mix of species with origins in temperate and tropical Asia. Species with tropical origins include two species of the conifer Podocarpus, one species of the Fir Abies firma, two species of Pittosporum ...
Shirakami-Sanchi (白神山地) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Tōhoku region of northern Honshū, Japan. [1] This mountainous area includes the last virgin forest of Siebold's beech which once covered most of northern Japan. The area straddles both Akita and Aomori Prefectures. Of the entire 1,300 square kilometres (500 sq mi), a tract ...
Dwd. Dsd. Taiga or tayga (/ ˈtaɪɡə / TY-gə; Russian: тайга́), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga or boreal forest is the world's largest land biome. [1]