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China contains a variety of [[forest]] types. Both northeast and northwest reaches contain mountains and cold coniferous forests, supporting animal species which include [[moose]] and [[Asiatic black bear]], along with some 120 types of birds. Moist [[conifer]] forests can have thickets of [[bamboo]] as an understorey, replaced by [[rhododendrons]] in higher montane stands of [[juniper]] and [[taxus|yew]]. [[Subtropical]] forests, which dominate central and southern China, support an astounding 146,000 species of [[flora]]. [[Tropical]] rainforest and seasonal rainforests, though confined to [[Yunnan]] and [[Hainan Island]], actually contain a quarter of all the plant and animal [[species]] found in China. |
China contains a variety of [[forest]] types. Both northeast and northwest reaches contain mountains and cold coniferous forests, supporting animal species which include [[moose]] and [[Asiatic black bear]], along with some 120 types of birds. Moist [[conifer]] forests can have thickets of [[bamboo]] as an understorey, replaced by [[rhododendrons]] in higher montane stands of [[juniper]] and [[taxus|yew]]. [[Subtropical]] forests, which dominate central and southern China, support an astounding 146,000 species of [[flora]]. [[Tropical]] rainforest and seasonal rainforests, though confined to [[Yunnan]] and [[Hainan Island]], actually contain a quarter of all the plant and animal [[species]] found in China. |
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Revision as of 23:37, 4 July 2016
The Flora of China is diverse. More than 30,000 plant species are native to China, representing nearly one-eighth of the world's total plant species, including thousands found nowhere else on Earth.
China contains a variety of forest types. Both northeast and northwest reaches contain mountains and cold coniferous forests, supporting animal species which include moose and Asiatic black bear, along with some 120 types of birds. Moist conifer forests can have thickets of bamboo as an understorey, replaced by rhododendrons in higher montane stands of juniper and yew. Subtropical forests, which dominate central and southern China, support an astounding 146,000 species of flora. Tropical rainforest and seasonal rainforests, though confined to Yunnan and Hainan Island, actually contain a quarter of all the plant and animal species found in China.
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