Hakusan National Park ( 白山国立公園 , Hakusan Kokuritsu Kōen ) is a national park in the Chūbu region of Honshū , Japan . Established in 1962, it spans the borders of Fukui , Gifu , Ishikawa , and Toyama prefectures . Its main geographical feature is Mount Haku . In 1980 an area of 480 km² corresponding to the national park was designated a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve .
6-495: The park was originally designated Hakusan Quasi-National Park ( 白山国定公園 , Hakusan Kokutei Kōen ) , in 1955. It received full national park status in 1962. The vegetation of the park ranges from warm temperate to alpine zones. The base of the mountains is covered by coniferous forests, dominated by firs , pines and Japanese cedar . Deciduous forests and woodlands, dominated by Mongolian oak and Japanese beech are present. At higher elevations there are open landscapes. Hakusan
12-652: Is a species of fir native to the mountains of central and northern Honshū , Japan. It grows at altitudes of 750–1,900 m in northern Honshū, and 1,800–2,900 m in central Honshū, always in temperate rain forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers, and very heavy winter snowfall. It is a medium-sized evergreen coniferous tree growing to 15–30 m tall with a trunk diameter of up to 0.8 m, smaller and sometimes shrubby at tree line . The leaves are needle-like, flattened, 1.5–2.5 cm long and 2 mm wide by 0.5 mm thick, matt dark green above, and with two white bands of stomata below, and slightly notched at
18-510: Is home to the golden eagle , the mountain hawk-eagle and several larger mammal species typical for the Japanese islands, like Japanese macaque , Asiatic black bear , Japanese serow and Sika deer . Mount Akausagi ( 赤兎山 ) , Mount Haku , Heisen-ji Hakusan Jinja ( 平泉寺白山神社 ) , Hyakuyojō falls ( 百四丈滝 ) , Kyō Mountains ( 経ヶ岳 ) , Shiramizu falls ( 白水滝 ) Abies mariesii Abies mariesii , also known as Maries' fir ,
24-448: The account in " Hortus Veitchii " , whilst waiting at Aomori on the main island ( Honshū ) for a steamer to convey him to Hakodate on the island of Hokkaido : Maries noticed a conifer new to him growing in a garden, and learnt that it could be found in quantity on a neighbouring mountain . He went in search, and had reached a height of 3,500 ft., when it became obvious that the bamboo scrub formed an impassable barrier on that side of
30-555: The cones disintegrate at maturity about 6–7 months after pollination. Maries' fir is very closely related to Pacific silver fir A. amabilis from the Pacific coast of North America, which is distinguished by its slightly longer leaves (2–4.5 cm) and larger cones (9–17 cm long). Maries' fir is named after the English plant collector Charles Maries (1851–1902), who introduced the species to Britain in 1879. According to
36-428: The tip. The leaf arrangement is spiral on the shoot, but with each leaf variably twisted at the base so they lie flat to either side of and above the shoot, with none below the shoot. The shoots are orange-red with dense velvety pubescence. The cones are 5–11 cm long and 3–4 cm broad, dark purple-blue before maturity; the scale bracts are short, and hidden in the closed cone. The winged seeds are released when
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