title: Honshū alpine conifer forests
text: # Honshū alpine conifer forests
  
  The Honshū alpine conifer forests ecoregion covers 4,400 square miles (11,000 $km^2)$ in the high-elevation mountains of central Honshū and the Oshima Peninsula of Hokkaido, Japan. It is a temperate coniferous forest ecoregion in the Palearctic realm.
  
  ## Flora
  
  Northern Japanese hemlock grow with species of Rhododendron and Menziesia. Maries' fir, Veitch's fir, and Jezo spruce grow in forests with plentiful herbs and ferns in their understories. Sasa grass is very dense in places.
  
  ## Fauna
  
  Sika deer and Asian black bear inhabit this ecoregion. Significant birds include the rock ptarmigan and the golden eagle.
  
  