Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Two varieties, the type and senanensis (1).Description
Range
Japan: Honshu, in montane woodland on Fuji-San and Yatsugatake Mountains. (2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Both varieties are listed by the WCMC as vulnerable: "confined to small and scattered populations in degraded montane woodland ... Both the habitat and the tree have been overexploited. Much of the habitat remains degraded and regeneration is poor" (2).Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) World Conservation Monitoring Centre - Trees.
See also Farjon 1990.
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 19-Dec-98