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Broadleaf trees include birch (Betula platyphylla), poplar (Populus spp.), willow (Salix rorida) and Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica).
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Many relict species from the Tertiary Period are still present, including Pinus koraiensis, Taxus cuspidats*, Picea ajanensis, Quercus mongolica, Fraxinus mandshurica, Onoclea sensibilis and Osmunda asiatica.
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Lower slopes have deciduous broadleaf forests dominated by Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica), or a mixture of species that include poplar (Populus davidiana, P. suaveolens), birch (Betula platyphylla), and willow (Salix rorida).
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The ecoregion consists of deciduous forests in the lowland areas dominated by Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) with dwarf bamboo (Sasa spp.) undergrowth.
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Six of these are: Sophora flavescens, Rhododendron dauricum, Caryopteris mongolica, Valeriana offcinalis, Vicia Tsydenii, and Adonus mongolica.
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In the southern lowlands, near the Bay of Bohai, vegetation is deciduous broadleaf forest comprised of oaks (Quercus liaotungensis, Q. mongolica).
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Drier sites, such as south-facing slopes and disturbed areas (of which there are many) tend to support an association of Q. mongolica and Betula dahurica, while Acer spp. and Betula spp. grow in moister locations.
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Characteristic tree species are Quercus mongolica, Tilia spp. and Corylus heterophylla.
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Here, Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica) remains as an important species with Daurian birch (Betula dahurica) and the shrubs bushclover (Lespedeza bicolor) and hazel (Corylus heterophylla).
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From these (on Mt. Rausu) the vegetation ranges through cool temperate broadleaved forest of Japanese oak Quercus mongolica grosseserrata, Japanese linden Tilia japonica and painted maple Acer mono to 750 m; mixed forest of species found below and above this level; then sub-alpine coniferous forest of Sakhalin fir Abies sachalensis, Yeso spruce Picea yesoensis and Sakhalin spruce P. glehnii with birch Betula ermanii forests up to 1,100 m.
Shiretoko, Japan 2008
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