Yamashiro Experimental Forest
Organization
Kansai Research Center, Forestory and Forest Products Research Institute
Research Theme
Long-term monitoring for investigating carbon cycle processes in a temperate forest
Site Outline
| Location | Position | 34° 47.687′ N (34.7948° N) |
|---|---|---|
| 135° 50.770′ E (135.8462° E) | ||
| Elevation | 180-255m | |
| Slope | 0-35° | |
| Ecosystem | Vegetation | Warm temperate deciduous broadleaf forest |
| Area | Forest community > 10km2 | |
| Ecosystem research area 1.7ha | ||
| Hydrologcal catchment area 1.6ha | ||
| Fetch | > 2km | |
| Dominant Species | Quercus serrata (Konara ork), | |
| Ilex pedunculosa (japanese holly), | ||
| Lyonia elliptica (tree Lyonia), | ||
| Alnus sieboldiana (alder), | ||
| Clethra barbinervis (japanese sweetspire), | ||
| Eurya japonica (japanese eurya), | ||
| Pinus densiflora (japanese red pine), | ||
| Robinia Pseudo-acacia (locust tree) | ||
| Canopy Height | 6-20m, approx. 12m in average | |
| Breast High Diameter | 7.3cm in average, 50.2cm in Max. (Hinoki cypress) | |
| Age Identified to be oldest red pine | 119years (BHD 34.8cm, investigated in 2000) | |
| Leaf Area Index | 4.42 in summer and 2.70 in winter (LAI-2000) | |
| Community Structure | Overstory, midstory, understory | |
| Soil Type | Immature | |
| Artificial Disturbance | More than 2km apart from major roads and inhabitable area |
Yamashiro forest hydrology research site is located in the southern part of Kyoto prefecture. The site is in a deciduous broadleaf forest on weathered granite and the forest is also one of headstreams of Kizu River. The region used to be a bare area caused by the management as a suburban forest, until the re-vegetation was conducted by Johannis de Rijke about 100 years ago. After the invation by pine wilt disease in 1980’s. Quercus serrata (Konara ork) has taken over and the forest is now recovered. Such secondary forests are widely distributed throughout Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe and Seto Inland Sea coast area. Yanashiro research site was established to study internal mechanism of carbon circulation and to develop the flux observation method in such ecosystem. This site can be characterized by twin towers (one on the ridge and the other in the valley) to evaluate spatial variation characteristics on complex terrain.
Contact 2
- Address : 68 Nagaikyutaroh, Momoyama, Fushimi, Kyoto, Kyoto, 612-0855 JAPAN
- Name : Yuji Kominami
- Phone : 075-611-1201
- Fax : 075-611-1207
- E-mail : kominy@ffpri.affrc.go.jp
WWW site URL
Japanese : http://www2.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/labs/flux/YMS_j.html
English : http://www2.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/labs/flux/YMS_e.html