The present account is the result of a survey carried out between 1974 and 1979 to establish the main relationships existing between the plant communities and soils of the beech forest at the small area in Mt. Sanpoiwadake, Hokuriku region. During the field survey, the sample of vegetation and soil were examined by same stand along the belt A-B. According to the authors field data, plant community and soil were divided into six types each other. The habitat in this area was perceled out roughly into two according to the soil profiles and chemical properties, and the south slope was drier than the north. In this area the development of the plant communities and soil profiles were determined by the topography and the water condition in soil. The main factor seems to be the amount of the water in soil. The plant community clearly related to soil in the extreme topographic condition such as concave site or steep slope, and the relation of each plant community is distinct upper part in soil profile.
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