Wan Mu Lin is one of the earliest nature reserves established in 1957 in China. It has a good name of “the museum of subtropical forest” and is a model for forest and environment protection in the world. It is called “a precious natural heritage left by ancestors” by UNESCO officers and professors. Since the ancient times, Wan Mu Lin has been enclosed and protected for 600 years. It has naturally evolved into subtropical evergreen forest with unique features. According to statistics, there are 161 families of vascular plants belonged to 581 genuses and 1,271 species, accounting for up to 94.2% of all the plants in the nature reserve, 24 types of 2nd grade plants under state protection and 16 under special protection of Fujian Province, 22 types of wild animals under special state protection and 11 under special protection of Fujian Province, 207 under general protection and as well as 141 types of birds. |