Nature Production / Japanese Beech (Fagus crenata) in winter with branches covered in hoar frost reflecting a reddening sky, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Beech (Fagus crenata) in winter with branches covered in rime ice, Japan, January

Nature Production / Japanese Beech (Fagus crenata) in winter with branches covered in hoar frost and reddening sky in the background, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) seedlings growing in woodland leaf litter, Japan

Nature Production / Aerial view of Japanese Beech woods (Fagus crenata) with some snow, Gassan, Yamagata, Japan, May 1985

Nature Production / Looking up into the canopy of Japanese Beech {Fagus crenata} trees covered in snow in early spring, Fukushima, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Beech woodland {Fagus crenata} in spring with melting snow, Niigata, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Beech seeds / mast {Fagus crenata} Yamagata, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Beech forest {Fagus crenata} with Dwarf Bamboo {Sasa nipponica} growing under the trees, Ehime, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Beech trees {Fagus crenata} defoliated by acid rain, Tanzawa, Kanagawa, Japan

Nature Production / Japanese Beech {Fagus crenata} seeds and leaves, Japan