Revegetation of Volcano Komagatake after the great Eruption in 1929
Revegetation of Volcano Komagatake after the great Eruption in 1929
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1929 年驹岳火山大喷发后的植被恢复
DOI:
10.15281/jplantres1887.46.208
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发表时间:
1932
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Y. Yoshii
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Y. Yoshii
On June 16th 1929 the volcano Komagatake which stands on the southern part of Hokkaido, suddenly erupted and lasted for two days, doing terrible damages at the foot of the mountain as well as to its neighbouring districts. By the outburst not only pumice flowed out2) but great masses of hot pumice blocks and ashes were ejected. Even the village of Shikabe seven miles southeast of the crater was covered with layers of pumice reaching an average thickness of one meter and frequently three meters. The area covered with volcanic pumice and ashes was estimated to be no less than 5000 ha. Before the eruption took place, the mountain was clothed with luxuriant vegetation, except for the vicinity of the crater and the previous pumice-beds which permitted only spare development of plants. Dense plant communities, including the planting of Larix leptolepis, were represented at the foot of the mountain, which ended in a grass meadow or cultivated fields. On the other hand the impenetrable forest extended over a gentle slope to an elevation of some 600 in, where Betula Ermanni, var. communis formed a montane plant community. During the eruption, all the plants subjected to suffering were completely damaged while those exposed to the courses of pumice flows were burned or destroyed, those that sustained the volcanic ejections stood in the deposits robbed of all their shoots. The leaves of all the trees and shrubs suffered even from the, slight dust of volcanic ashes, and some trees influenced only by injurious gases were temporarily damaged, although fresh shoots sprouted soon after the eruption.3) Now the questions arise as to how does the vegetation come out on such bare land and in what manner do plant communities develop.