Micang Mountain National Forest Park

Micang Mountain National Forest Park is located at the south foot of Micang mountain. There are dense forests in the park and its surrounding areas. The mountain flowers are gorgeous and colorful. Autumn is the most beautiful season in the park. Maple, maple, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Tilia, birch, poplar and other foliage trees are good places to shoot autumn scenery.

Micang Mountain National Forest Park

Micang Mountain National Forest Park is located in the north of Nanjiang County on the northeast edge of Sichuan Basin and the south foot of Micang mountain in Qinling Daba mountain area. It is adjacent to Nanzheng County of Shaanxi Province in the East and North, to Shaba Township, guanba Township, zhaipo Township and Yangba town of Nanjiang County in the south, to Wangcang County of Guangyuan City in the west, and to Guangwu mountain national key scenic spot. It is about 70 km away from Hanzhong City in the North (via tieluba Mountain Gate), 136 km away from Bazhong City in the South (via Chenjiashan) and 216 km away from Guangyuan City in the West (via Chenjiashan). In ancient times, it was known as "outside Brazil, northern Sichuan rock frontier". With an area of 40155 hectares, the total volume of standing trees is 2.4 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate is 97.3%. It is called "natural oxygen bar".

Micangshan National Forest Park was built in 1995 and approved as a National Forest Park in December 2002. In 2007, it was named "the hometown of red leaves in China".

geographical environment

position

Micang Mountain National Forest Park is located in the north of Nanjiang County on the northeast edge of Sichuan Basin and the south foot of Micang mountain in Qinling Daba mountain area. It is adjacent to Nanzheng County of Shaanxi Province in the East and North, to Shaba Township, guanba Township, zhaipo Township and Yangba town of Nanjiang County in the south, to Wangcang County of Guangyuan City in the west, and to Guangwu mountain national scenic spot. It is about 70 km from Hanzhong City in the North (via tieluba Mountain Gate), 136 km from Bazhong City in the South (via Chenjiashan), and 216 km from Guangyuan City in the West (via Chenjiashan). The geographical coordinates are 106 ° 38'50 "～ 107 ° 05'56" E and 32 ° 31'12 "～ 32 ° 44'29" n.

climate

The Chinese mainland's north-south geographical and climatic and ecological transitional zone is affected by the southeast monsoon and the southwest monsoon. The climate is mild and humid, with four distinct seasons. It is a subtropical continental monsoon climate area. The annual precipitation is more than 1200 millimeters, and the annual average temperature is about 15 C.

landforms

Most of the Micang mountains are cone-shaped limestone and dolomite peak clusters, most of which are developed on the mountains, while the peak clusters in Guizhou and Guangxi mainly grow in the basin. Granite, metasandstone, limestone and dolomite constitute the main body of Micangshan formation. Guangwu mountain, the main peak of Micang mountain, is 2507 meters above sea level. The peak is round and round, which is the result of spherical weathering and freezing weathering of granite.

Resources

Micangshan National Forest Park is the most important eco-tourism pearl, geological museum and biological gene bank in Northeast Sichuan and southern Shaanxi. The park is composed of three scenic spots: Muyang old city, shibayue lake and Wanzige. In the old city of Muyang, the scenery of heixiong Valley, Xiaolan Valley and rare botanical garden is unique. There are 30000 mu of rare trees, Bashan Cyclobalanopsis glauca, and more than 20 kinds of rare animals, such as black bear and clouded leopard.

Botany

Micangshan National Forest Park and its surrounding areas are covered with dense forests, of which more than 80% are natural forests. The ornamental tree species include Rhododendron, Magnolia, Syringa, gardenia, jasmine, Magnolia officinalis, hibiscus, rose, camellia, honeysuckle, kiwi, Lianxiang, Osmanthus fragrans, wild cherry, etc. Autumn is the most beautiful season in the park. There are maple, maple, Cyclobalanopsis glauca, Tilia, birch, poplar, etc. the distribution area of Cyclobalanopsis glauca is about 4000 hectares. Cyclobalanopsis glauca belongs to beech family and Cyclobalanopsis. There are 10-14 species in the world, 7 species in Asia, 5-6 species in China, and 4 species in Micang mountain. It is the origin and modern distribution center of Cyclobalanopsis on the earth It is also the most concentrated and largest area of Cyclobalanopsis glauca in the world. The area of deciduous broad-leaved forest is about 30000 hectares.

Micangshan Nature Reserve has 1300 species of seed plants belonging to 134 families and 554 genera, including 124 species of pteridophytes belonging to 46 genera and 25 families, 17 species of gymnosperms belonging to 11 genera and 5 families, and more than 1200 species of angiosperms belonging to 543 genera and 129 families. There are 55.24% families and 29.86% genera in China. There are 97 genera endemic to China and East Asia, accounting for 19.28% of the total genera. There are 2 species of Taxus chinensis and Taxus mairei, which are under the first level national key protection, and 10 species of Taxus chinensis, including shuiqingshu, lianxiangshu, Torreya grandis and xiangguoshu, which are under the second level national key protection. There are also rich resources of Chinese medicinal materials, which can be directly used by dangshen, paoshen, Tianma, Platycodon grandiflorum, bupleurum, Pinellia ternata, eucommia, phellodendron, Schisandra chinensis, Schisandra chinensis, epimedium and many other medicinal plants.

animal

Micangshan National Forest Park has unique topography, superior natural habitat conditions and a large area of well preserved virgin forest, providing a good habitat for wildlife. According to statistics, there are 8 species of fish belonging to 7 genera, 2 families and 1 order in the reserve, among which there is a new species of Chinese fish, Misgurnus anguillicaudatus. There are 19 species of amphibians in 2 orders, 5 families, 7 genera, 19 species of reptiles in 3 orders, 5 families, 15 genera, 19 species of reptiles in 3 orders, 37 families, 81 genera, 125 species of birds in 13 orders, and 66 species of mammals in 7 orders, 23 families, 47 genera. There are five species of wild animals under national first-class key protection, including leopard, clouded leopard, forest musk deer, antelope and golden eagle. There are 24 species of wild animals under national second-class key protection, including rhesus monkey, black bear, red bellied pheasant, impala and giant salamander.

Main attractions

Micangshan National Forest Park has not only magnificent peak cluster stone forest, but also precipitous cliff landscape and deep and mysterious karst caves. There are nearly 200 mountain peaks, including more than 100 at an altitude of 1900-2500 meters. The water landscape in the park is rich, including sunrise, sunset, moonlight, sea of clouds, ice and snow, flowing haze, etc.

Heixiong Valley

Heixionggou (yingshuixi) is located in the east of Muyang city scenic area, with a length of more than 10 kilometers and an altitude of 1600 meters. It is about 4.5 kilometers away from Daba forest farm, 15 kilometers to Xianglu mountain in the north and 60 kilometers to nuoshui River Scenic Area in the East. Heixionggou, originated from Xianglu mountain, is the main upstream tributary of Jiaojia River - Yingshui river. The water in the ditch is abundant and the water quality is excellent. The river bed is composed of granite with many strange stones. Both sides of the mountain structure is unique, cave clusters, more than ten kilometers long.

Red leaves of Guangwu mountain

The red leaves of Guangwu mountain are the characteristics of Nanjiang. There are five characteristics: first, large area. Micang Mountain National Forest Park has an area of 401.6 square kilometers, of which more than 300 square kilometers are concentrated in continuous red leaf landscape. Second, rich color. Generally, the red leaves are mainly red, while the color of red leaves in Guangwu mountain (Micang Mountain National Forest Park) shows echelon changes, mainly blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Third, the cycle is long. The time of viewing red leaves is from the middle of October to the end of November every year, which lasts for more than a month. In the first stage, we can see the colorful red leaves, in the second stage, we can see that the red leaf layer forest is completely dyed, and in the third stage, we can see the red leaf Wan Ye Piao Dan. Fourth, there are many kinds. Guangwu mountain red leaf is a deciduous broad-leaved tree, with more than 20 types, including Cyclobalanopsis glauca, maple, Tilia, Prunus densa, lacquer, maple, birch, poplar, pine and sassafras, and more than 40 species, including Rosaceae and sizhaohua. The shape of red leaf includes palm shape (e.g. Acer deltoides, Acer illinoensis), chicken claw shape (e.g. Acer gallinoensis), five star shape (e.g. Acer illinoensis), feather shape (e.g. Haloxylon), heart shape (e.g. Acer Qingzha), boat shape (e.g. plums), egg shape (e.g. Cyclobalanopsis glauca), bean petal shape (e.g. Euonymus), oval shape (e.g. tetragona), needle shape (e.g. Larch), fan shape (e.g. Ginkgo biloba) ）There are more than 20 shapes, such as Sassafras. There are more than 10 colors of red leaves, such as fire red, blood red, wine red, Chu red, iron red, rose red, light red, purple red and golden red. Fifth, high grade. Plant experts from Britain, Germany, France, Canada and the United States visited Guangwu mountain and called it "golden area" and the red leaf of Guangwu mountain "golden leaf".

Xiaolangou Nature Reserve

Xiaolangou nature reserve is located in Micang Mountain National Forest Park. In January 1999, it was approved as a provincial nature reserve by Sichuan Provincial People's government. The total area is 6932 hectares (including 1571 hectares of core area), accounting for 17.3% of the total area of Micangshan National Forest Park. The total volume of standing trees is 528400 cubic meters. It belongs to warm temperate forest ecological nature reserve. The vegetation, biological community structure, natural landscape and ecological environment of deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest in xiaolangou and xiaolangou are well preserved. In particular, there are many kinds of wild animals and plants, including more than 2000 kinds of wild animals and plants. The diversity of biological ecology and genetic strains is very obvious. It is known as "forest treasure chest", "biological kaleidoscope" and "gene bank of rare species".

Old city of Muyang

Muyang city scenic spot is located in the east of the forest park, in the hinterland of the southern foot of Micang mountain, belonging to Daba forest farm. Yuquan forest farm is 92 km away from Nanjiang county (112 km away from Nanjiang via tieluba) and 75 km from watershed to Hanzhong City (9 km away from Hanzhong via tieluba)

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