Common Names
Southern Japanese hemlock; Tsuga; Toga matsu (1).Taxonomic notes
Syn: Abies tsuga Sieb. et Zucc.; Tsuga araragi Koehne (1).Description
See (1).Range
Japan: S Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and Yakushima (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
I can find (Feb-1999) only two studies, both dealing with tree demography (2, 3).Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Farjon 1990.(2) Suzuki E. 1980. Regeneration of Tsuga sieboldii forest II. Two cases of regeneration occurred about 260 and 50 years ago. Japanese Journal of Ecology 30: 333-346 [in Japanese with English summary].
(3) Suzuki E. and Susukida J. 1989. Age structure and regeneration process of temperate coniferous stands in the Segire River basin, Yakushima Island. Japanese Journal of Ecology 39: 45-51 [in Japanese with English summary].
See also:
Wilson, E.H. 1916. The conifers and taxads of Japan. Publ. Arnold Arbor. 8, Univ. Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Yamanaka, T. 1975. Ecology of Pseudotsuga japonica and other coniferous forests in eastern Shikoku. Mem. Nat. Sci. Mus. 8. Tokyo.
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Last modified on 11-Feb-1999