Kiso Hinoki Forest - Kiso Hinoki

...In areas with heavy snowfall on the Sea of ​​Japan side, such as Mt. Hakusan and Mt. Gassan, coniferous trees such as Abies mariesii can no longer survive, and instead there are low forests of Quercus miyamae.
[Famous forests in Japan and around the world]
Aomori's hiba forests (hinoki cypress forests), Akita's cedar forests, and Kiso's cypress forests are known as Japan's three most beautiful forests. All of them are naturally regenerated forests, and the feudal domains that owned them during the feudal era made strict efforts to protect and cultivate them.

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Kiso Cypress Forest" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…白山，月山など日本海側の豪雪地では，オオシラビソなどの針葉樹も成立不可能となり，ミヤマナラの低木林となる。
［日本と世界の著名な森林］
　青森のヒバ林(ヒノキアスナロ林)，秋田のスギ林，木曾のヒノキ林は日本の三大美林といわれていた。いずれも天然生林で，藩制時代に領有していた各藩が厳重に保護育成に努力した森林である。…

※「木曾のヒノキ林」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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