27 Mar The Relationships Between Flowering of Forest Floor Plants and Forest Ma Gement at Michinoku Lakewood Tio L Government Park
Abstract
English Abstract
Diversity in plant species on the floor of coppice forest forms beautiful forest floor scenery. The purpose of this study was to examine conservation measures to maintain the flowering of forest floor plants. A case study was conducted to understand the relationships between forest ma gement and flowering of forest floor plants in the Michinoku Lakewood tio l Government Park in Kawasaki Town, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Flowering ratios of Disporum smilacinum, Ainsliaea acerifolia var. subapoda, Tricyrtis affinis, etc. were increased in plots with thinning and brush cutting, and in plots with brush cutting. Flowering ratios of Rhododendron obtusum var. kaempferi, Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum and Veratrum maackii var. maackioides were increased in plots only with thinning and brush cutting. These results showed that thinning is necessary to increase flowering of R. obtusum var. kaempferi etc. Brush cutting without thinning was also effective to increase flowering of D. smilacinum, A. acerifolia var. subapoda, T. affinis, etc.
Article Information
Title (non-english): 国営みちのく杜の湖畔公園における森林管理と林床植物の開花状況の関係Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 2005
Study Design: BACI
Authors: Yoriko HATASE// Nobuo FUJIWARA// Hitomi OGURI// Hiroshi MOMOSE// Etsuko UTSUGI// Eizo OE// Ikuko IMOTO
Journal: Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture
Volume: 68
Issue: 5
Pages: 659-664
City/state or province/country: Kawasaki-machi, Shibata-gun, Miyagi prefecture, Japan