Taiheiyo evergreen forests
terrestrial ecoregion of Japan
The Taiheiyo evergreen forests is a temperate broadleaf forest ecoregion of Japan.
Geography
The ecoregion covers an area of 138,300 square kilometers (53,400 sq mi) on the Pacific (Taiheiyo) side of the islands of Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. It also includes Tsushima Island in the Korea Strait between Kyushu and Korea and the volcanic Izu Islands off Honshu's southern coast.
The ecoregion is home to Japan's largest cities, including Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, and Nagoya.
Climate
The ecoregion has a humid subtropical climate. The influence of the Japan Current creates a humid climate with mild winters and a long growing season, which nurtured evergreen broadleaf forests.
Flora
Laurel forests grew near the coast, and oak forests were predominant inland. At higher elevations, the Taiheiyo evergreen forests yielded to the Taiheiyo montane deciduous forests of the interior.
The forests include a mix of species with origins in temperate and tropical Asia. Species with tropical origins include two species of the conifer Podocarpus (Podocarpus macrophyllus and Podocarpus fasciculus), one species of the Fir Abies firma, two species of Pittosporum, Fatsia japonica, Aspidistra elatior, Castanopsis sieboldii, Persea thunbergii, Cryptomeria japonica, Sciadopitys verticillata, Camphora officinarum, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Fagus crenata, Carpinus laxiflora, Daphniphyllum macropodum, Ilex integra, Eurya japonica, Pittosporum tobira, several species in the laurel family (Machilus, Neolitsea, and Camphora (plant)), and the Cycad (Cycas revoluta(.
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