Phu Pha Daeng Wildlife Sanctuary ( th, เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าภูผาแดง;) is a wildlife sanctuary in Lom Sak District of Thailand's Phetchabun Province. The sanctuary covers an area of and was established in 1999.

Geography

Phu Pha Daeng Wildlife Sanctuary is located about northeast of Phetchabun town in Ban Klang, Ban Tio, Chang Talut, Huai Rai, Pak Chong and Thai Ibun subdistricts of Lom Sak District of Phetchabun Province.
The sanctuary's area is and is abutting

Nam Nao National Park Nam Nao National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติน้ำหนาว, ) is a protected area in Phetchabun Province in northern Thailand. The park is a large forest filled with pineries, grasslands, and jungle. The park is ho ...

to the north and east and

Tat Mok National Park Tat Mok National Park ( th, อุทยานแห่งชาติตาดหมอก, ) is a national park in Phetchabun Province, Thailand. Established on 30 October 1998, it is the 87th national park in Thailand. Both park and the waterfa ...

to the south.
Landscape is largely covered by forests and in the west by mountains, the altitude varies from to . This part of the

Phetchabun Mountains The Phetchabun mountains ( th, ทิวเขาเพชรบูรณ์, , ) are a mountain massif in Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Loei and Chaiyaphum Provinces, Thailand. It consists of two parallel mountain chains, with the valley of the Pa Sa ...

has several small streams, which are tributaries of the Pa Sak River.

Topography

Landscape is mostly covered by forested mountains, such as Phu Luak, Khao Khok Dein Thasi, Khao Khun Nam Phai and Khao Wang Han. The total forested area is 98%, divided into 66% high slope mountain area (mountain tops, high ridges, deeply incised streams, shallow valleys, upper slopes and local ridges) and 32% hill slope area (open slopes, midslope ridges and u-shaped valleys).

Flora

The sanctuary features

mixed deciduous forest Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests (TSMF), also known as tropical moist forest, is a subtropical and tropical forest habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Description TSMF is generally found in large, discon ...

(75%),

dry deciduous forest The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive ...

(15%),

conifer forest A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, legal standing, and ecological function. The United Nations' ...

(5%), agricultural area (2%) and

bamboo Bamboos are a diverse group of evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family. The origin of the word "bamboo" is uncertain, bu ...

forest (2%).

Fauna

Mammals in the sanctuary are: Muntiacus sp - Hai Hong Karni

Location

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