A Phytosociological Study of the Forest Growing in the Hoshoji-Temple and the Guzein-Temple : A Study of Laurel Forests on the Coast of Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Pref. (3)

Laurel forests are found on the hill between the Hoshoji-Temple and the Guzein-Temple. They were classified into Ardisio-Castanopsietum sieboldii and Polysticho-Machiletum thunbergii by Miyawaki et al. phytosociologically (1979). Based upon Br.-Bl. (1964) and Belt-transect methods (Tatewaki, 1952), the authors investigated the most typical community thereof. We also conducted tree census and flora census. In consequence, it turned out that the forests on the hillsides facing the Hoshoji-Temple were mainly dominated by Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii, while the forests on the hillsides facing the Guzein-Temple consisted of many different kinds of deciduous broad-leaved trees