Forest on the island of Yakushima Bashny.Net

Japanese island of Yakushima attracts over 300,000 visitors each year, and all thanks to its rich vegetation and incredibly beautiful natural landscape. The area of ​​the territory in which lie the impassable shady forests, waterfalls, mountains relief and thermal springs is 503 km2.





A special pride of the island - sugi trees. They are distinguished by strong trunk and lush green tip, which sets the tone of a gloomy forest. Through dense crown of plants sunlight barely gets inside.
Yakusima 3 Forest on the island of Yakushima





Flora of the island, which includes about 1900 species of plants, replete with forests, distributed by rugged mountains. Bottom growing set of figs, wild figs, above - 200 m. - Dwarf chestnut trees, evergreen oaks, arborvitae, camphor, and then, with a height of 800 m. The start deciduous trees (Japanese maple).
Yakusima 4 Forest on the island of Yakushima



In the woods there are many nepuganyh civilization monkeys, deer and birds. On the island of Yakushima about thirty mountain peaks above 1000 m., The highest mountains - Nagata - 1886 m. And Miyanoura - 1936 m., Still calling "soaring Alps»