Current view: Text account
Site description (2007 baseline):
Site location and context
About 78% of forests along the middle Shimantogawa river are privately owned. Around 68.5% of the total forests are artificial forests. As for the national forests along the watershed, 98% are artificial forests. There are many evergreen broadleaf forests of Fagaceae Castanesis and Fagaceae Quercus, and there are also evergreen conifer trees. Along the riverbeds some shrubs and herbaceous plants are seen.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Middle Shimantogawa basin (Japan). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/middle-shimantogawa-basin-iba-japan on 05/12/2024.
