Nature Reserve, Major Wildlife Habitats

Ministry of the Interior

The wetland is situated within the 89th, 90th, and 91st forest groups of the Daxi Industrial Zone in the National Forest Area. The lake is 3.6 hectares; the marsh is 2.2 hectares; the remaining areas are mountains.

This wetland encompasses the forest, lake and marsh, and is home to many wildlife animals and birds. The area is remote with minimal human interference, thus keeping the natural state of the habitat, and the precious natural resources and landscape are preserved. In terms of strategic concerns for preserving lakes and wetland in Taiwan, this wetland also holds a special status.

The elevation of the wetland is between 1,670 and 2,432 m. Vegetation is distributed between 1,700 and 2,100 m, which is a 400-m difference only. The vegetation is already limited by temperature and humidity. There is hardly any influence from the elevation change. The plant community here includes aquatic plants in the lake and the helophytes because of the damp soil. In the forest from the lakeshore wetland to the mountain, Formosan Hinoki is the dominant species. The lake is 3.6 hectares with pristine water. There are a few aquatic plants species near the shore and in the shallow water, including the floating plant, Potamogeton distinctus, and emergents such as Sparganium fallax graebn and Schoenoplectus mucronatus (L.) Palla subsp. robustus (Miq.) T. Koyama, forming an independent community.

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Mandarin Duck, Brown Wood Owl, Spotted scopes owl, Collared owlet, Besra Sparrow Hawk, Crested Serpent Eagle, White-backed Woodpecker, Gray-faced Woodpecker, Large Cuckoo-shrike, Rufous Laughing Thrush, and Eastern Asia Bur-reed.

Coal Tit, Green-backed Tit, Taiwan Barwing, White-tailed Blue Robin, Plumbic Water Redstart, Vivid Niltava, Elaphe Mandarina.

Although entering the wetland is restricted, forest paths and trails are very close to the lake shore.

Forest Bureau, Council of Agriculture