Kasuya Research Forest - Japan

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Site Name
Kasuya Research Forest
Short name
KRF
Country
Japan
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Site Description
The Kasuya Research Forest (KRF) is located in the northern part of Kyushu Island. The elevation ranges from 30 to 553m. About 100ha of there forests is on hilly Tertiary mountains lower than 100m in altitude, and other forests are on the steep mountains over the Paleozoic strata. Most of the natural forests consist of warm temperate evergreen broad-leaved trees such as Quercus sp., Castanopsis sp., Machilus thunbergii, Morella rubra, etc. The drier ridge sites are covered by deciduous broad-leaved trees such as Carpinus tschonoskii, Quercus serrata, Castanea crenata, etc. Plantation forests composed predominantly of Cryptomeria japonica and Chamaecyparis obtusa cover about 70% of the total forest area.
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2020-11-27 13:11:16

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General Characteristics and Status
Site Status
Operational
Year Established
1922
Observed properties
Affiliation and Network Specific Information
Affiliation
ILTERThis site is a verified "ILTER" member.
JaLTER (Japan) (LTER-EAP-JP-07)This site is a verified "JaLTER (Japan)" member.
Geographic
Centroid/Representative Coordinates

Latitude: 33.63829 Longitude: 130.518235

Size
ca. 463.89ha
Elevation (average)
242.00msl
Elevation (min)
30.00msl
Elevation (max)
550.00msl
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