夏か緑りょく樹じゅ林りん

noun

summer green forest

Ecological term for a forest dominated by deciduous broadleaf trees that are green in summer and lose leaves in winter; often contrasted with 照葉樹林 (evergreen broadleaf forest).

• 日本にほんの夏か緑りょく樹じゅ林りんは、ブナやミズナラなどが代だい表ひょう的てきです。

  Japanese summer green forests are typically composed of beech and Mongolian oak.

• 夏か緑りょく樹じゅ林りんは冬ふゆに落らく葉ようするため、林りん床しょうに光ひかりが届とどきやすい。

  Because summer green forests shed their leaves in winter, light easily reaches the forest floor.