PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES AND ALPINE PLANT COMMUNITIES ON THE HIGH MOUNTAINS IN JAPAN, IN RELATION TO LITHOLOGY : IV. WIND-BLOWN VEGETATION ON THE PRESENT AND FOSSIL PERIGLACIAL SLOPES IN THE VICINITY OF MT. HINOKIODAKE, CENTRAL JAPAN ALPS

Abstract

The windward slope in the vicinity of Mt. Hinokiodake which is composed of Granite is almost all covered with Pinus pumila scrub and wind-blown dwarf shrub-herb heath emerges only in a few places along the main ridge. To explain the distribution of these plant communities, habitat conditions were examined. Present and past periglacial debris supply processes are related closely to these conditions.