Abstract
As the result of our vegetational survey, the following types of communities are recognized from “Chichibu” district, which is located to the Pacific slope of Kantô range, central Japan.
The montane belt, bellew 1600m alt.
Tsuga Sieboldii community, on mountain ridges
Tsuga-Betula-Fagus-Rhododendron community
Quercus-Tsuga-Ainsliaea community
Chamaecyparis obtusa community
Fagus crenata community, on the deep soil of mountain sides
Fagus crenata-Sasamorpha community
Fagus crenata-Fagus japonica-Sasamorpha community
Fagus-Quercus-Sasamorpha community
Fraxinus commemoralis community, on the moist gravellous soil of the valley
Fraxinus-Aesculus-Pterocarya-Acercommunity
Chamaecyparis pisifera community
Subalpine belt, 1600-2500m alt.
Tsuga diversifolia community, bellow 2000m alt.
Abies homolepis community
Larix Kaempferi community
Picea bicolor community
Betula Ermani community
Thuja Standishii-Pinus pentaphylla community
Tsuga diversifolia community
Abies Veitchii-Abies Mariesii community, above 2000m alt.
Abies Mariesii community
Abies Veitchii community
Pinus pumila-Vaccinium hirtum-Vaccinium Vitis-ldaea community, above 2500m alt.
Pinusa pumila-Rhododendron chrysanthum-Empetrum nigrum-Cetraria crispa-Cladonia alpestris-Cladonia rangiferina community
Pinus pumila-Rhododendron Fanriei-Pleurozium Schreberi-Hylocomium community
