Fengyangshan-Baishanzu National Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in southwest

Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese postal romanization, also romanized as Chekiang) is an East China, eastern, coastal Provinces of China, province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable citie ...

province of eastern China. The reserve lies within

Longquan Longquan () is a county-level city and former county under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Lishui in southwestern Zhejiang Province, China, located on the upper reaches of the Ou River and bordering Fujian province to the sout ...

and

Qingyuan Qingyuan, formerly romanized as Tsingyun, is a prefecture-level city in northern Guangdong province, China, on the banks of the Bei or North River. During the 2020 census, its total population was 3,969,473, out of whom 1,738,424 lived in the ...

counties. The highest peak of Zhejiang,

Huangmaojian Huangmaojian () is a mountain in Longquan County in southwest of Zhejiang province in eastern China. The mountain is the highest peak of Zhejiang and part of the Wuyi Mountains that have their bulk in Fujian province. Huangmaojian is an ultra pr ...

(), is located within the reserve. The present reserve was formed in 1992 by merging two provincial-level nature reserves, Fengyang Shan Nature Reserve (established in 1975) and the Baishanzu Nature Reserve (1985). The reserve consists of two parts. The northern one is named after Mt. Fengyangshan (); Huangmaojian is the highest point of the mountain. The southern part is named after Mt. Baishanzu (). Its highest point is , making it the second highest peak in Zhejiang.

Biology and ecology

Classification as a national-level reserve signifies the high conservation value of this mountainous nature reserve.Zhalong Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve Research Center of the State Forestry Administration Wildlife of the reserve include

Elliot's pheasant Elliot's pheasant (''Syrmaticus ellioti''), is a large pheasant native to south-eastern China. Description Males are up to long; they are brown and white with a black throat, chestnut-brown upper parts, white belly, nape and wing bars, red ba ...

, leopard, clouded leopard,

Sumatran serow The Sumatran serow (''Capricornis sumatraensis sumatraensis''), also known as the southern serow, is a subspecies of the mainland serow native to mountain forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula and on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was previo ...

, and

rhesus macaque The rhesus macaque (''Macaca mulatta''), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally ...

. Presence of

South China tiger The South China tiger is a population of the '' Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies that is native to southern China. The population mainly inhabited the Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. It has been listed as Critically Endange ...

faeces in the reserve has been confirmed with genetic methods. 2,203 species of insects have been recorded from the Baishanzu reserve. The dominant types of vegetation are evergreen broad-leaved forests and needle-broad-leaved mixed forests. According to Zhu et al., the reserve is known as "the cradle of ancient plants in eastern China because of its rich original plant flora." At least 1,448 species and varieties of seed-bearing plants occur in the Fengyangshan reserve, of which 47% are endemic to China. 1,545 species and varieties of seed plants are recorded in the Baishanzu reserve, of which 48% are endemic to China. Baishanzu fir is endemic to Mt. Baishanzu and is classified as critically endangered by the

IUCN Red List The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biol ...

References

External links

Zhejiang Fengyang Mountain - Baishanzu National Nature Reserve
Nature Reserve Research Center of the State Forestry Administration, Beijing Forestry University (in Chinese)
Fengyangshan Baishanzu (Zhejiang) Nature Reserve
protectedplanet.net {{DEFAULTSORT:Fengyangshan - Baishanzu National Nature Reserve Nature reserves in China Geography of Zhejiang Lishui Tourist attractions in Zhejiang