Mt. Gyebangsan - Korea (the Republic of)

Mt. Gyebangsan Forest (37° 44" 19' N, 128° 27" 11' E) is located in the border between Hongcheon and Pyeongchang in Gangwon-do, and belongs to a typical temperate northern cool temperature forest with lower average annual temperatures than the other regions. The long-term (1981-2010) annual mean temperature and precipitation were 10.3 °C and 1405.4 mm. The main dominant species were Quercus mongolica, Acer pseudosieboldianum, Tilia amurensis, Betula schmidtii, Pinus densiflora, and Kalopanax septemlobus.