Title Trees on and Around Mt. Iwate

  • Aomori
  • Akita
  • Iwate
Topic(s):
Nature/Ecology $SETTINGS_DB.genreMap.get($item) National Parks/Quasi-National Parks
Medium/Media of Use:
Interpretive Sign
Text Length:
≤250 Words
FY Prepared:
2019
Associated Tourism Board:
Towada Hachimantai National Park

岩手山の樹木

岩手山は、現在も活動中の比較的若い火山です。山腹の植生は岩手山の成り立ちを物語っています。山の斜面には、まばらに植物が生えている部分もありますが、むき出しの岩のままの部分もあります。今のところ、岩手山はまだ完全に樹木に覆われてはいません。

山腹のまばらな植生とは対照的に、山のふもとの平野では、牧草地やアカマツとカラマツの植林地など人の手によって管理・農耕される土地の多様な風景の要素がモザイクを描いています。平野における植物の多様性は、この豊かなパッチワークのような風景の中にはっきり見て取れます。


Trees on and Around Mt. Iwate

Mt. Iwate is a relatively young volcano that is still active. The vegetation on the mountainside tells its story: There are areas of sparse plant growth, but some sections of slope are still bare rock. For now, the mountain is not yet forested.

In contrast to the patchy vegetation on the mountainside, the plains at the foot of the mountain are a mosaic of diverse landscape elements, including pastureland, Japanese red pine and larch plantations, and other types of managed and cultivated countryside. The diversity of plant life on the plains is clearly visible in this rich patchwork landscape.


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