1994 Volume 20 Issue 4 Pages 223-233
Distructions of snow-patch vegetation caused by the mountaineers hiking, or excess development on its alpine meadow has become the recent serious problem on the heavy snow region on alpine area.
Toward the solution of this issue, the summit area of Mount Makihata, in Niigata Prefecture, 1, 967meters above sea level, emerged as one of the severe instance of damaged place. Revegetation has been experimented at snow patch mainly by the volunteer workcamp under economical limitation and technical restriction; nonenterprise or little government undertaking level.
Several sowing and transplant experiments have been conducted for seventeen years with native harbaceous plants, simultaneously reviewing, surveying and analysing on the structure of distruction of snow-patch vegetation.
Following results were obtained: effective native revegetation materials at Mount Makihata and adaptable for snow-patch vegetation are such as Carex omianaFR. ET SAV. andMoliniopsis japonicaHAYATA.
In addition, urgency of revegetation on south side slope has been pointed out, according to the analysis of the environmental factors about both natural and artificial rehabilitation.
