Flora Wuyi Mountains
forest in nature reserve portion of wuyi mountains.
the wuyi mountains largest , representative example of chinese subtropical forests , south chinese rainforests biodiversity. ecology has survived before ice age around 3 million years ago. biologists have been conducting field research in area since 1873.
the vegetation of area depends on altitude. broadleaf evergreen forests dominate lower elevations; tree species yield deciduous , needleleaf evergreen trees @ higher elevations. divided 11 broad categories: 1) temperate coniferous forest, 2) warm coniferous forest, 3) temperate broad-leaved , coniferous mixed forest, 4) deciduous , broad-leaved forest, 5) evergreen broad-leaved , deciduous mixed forest, 6) evergreen broad-leaved forest, 7) bamboo forest, 8) deciduous broad-leaved shrub forest, 9) evergreen broad-leaved shrub forest, 10) brush-wood, , 11) meadow steppe. common evergreen broad-leaved forests, of make largest remaining tracts of humid sub-tropical forests in world. higher plants 284 families, 1,107 genera , 2,888 species 840 species of lower plant , fungus have been reported region. common tree families beech (fagaceae), laurel (lauraceae), camellia (theaceae), magnolia (magnoliaceae), elaeocarpaceae, , witch-hazel (hamamelidaceae).
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