Summer green broadleaf forest - Karyokukouyoujurin

...the appearance of a plant community. It is not simply a landscape, but reflects the shape and structure of the plant community. It is determined mainly by the life form of the dominant species in the plant community, and is also used to classify plant communities. It was first proposed by plant geographer A. von Humboldt in the early 19th century, who divided 19 life forms into categories that characterize vegetation, such as palm, banana, and cactus, and the vegetation characterized by these life forms was called a community formation. Since then, various life form classifications have been attempted, and because the density, height, complexity, seasonality, and color of the community are also involved in determining the physiognomy in addition to the life form of the dominant species in the community, a unified system for classifying physiognomy and community formation based on it has not yet been established.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "summer broadleaf forest" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…植物群落を外観的にとらえた様相。単なる景観ではなく，植物群落の形･構造を反映したもの。主として植物群落の優占種の生活形によって決められ，植物群落の分類にも用いられる。19世紀初頭，植物地理学者のA.vonフンボルトにより最初に提唱され，そこでは，ヤシ形，バナナ形，サボテン形などの19の植生を特徴づける生活形区分が行われ，それによって特徴づけられる植生が群系formationと呼ばれた。その後，さまざまの生活形分類が試みられ，また群落優占種の生活形以外に，群落の密度，高さ，複雑さ，季節性，色合いなどが相観の決定にかかわっているため，相観の類別やそれに基づく群系分類の統一的体系は現在でも確立していない。…

※「夏緑広葉樹林」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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