Yingde National Forest Park

Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park

synonym

Yingde National Forest Park generally refers to Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park

Yingde National Forest Park is located in Yingde City, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, in the middle reaches of Beijiang River. It is composed of Yingxi peak forest area and Changhu area. Its geographical coordinates are 112 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ - 113 ° 36 ′ 40 ″ E and 24 ° 01 ′ 50 ″ - 24 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ n, with a total planning area of 49871.82 hectares.

Yingde National Forest Park is located in the hilly area of the southeast branch of Nanling Mountains. The parent rock is mainly limestone, and the soil is mainly red soil, red soil, red lime soil and yellow soil. It belongs to subtropical monsoon climate zone. The zonal vegetation is subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, with forest coverage rate of 85.83%. There are 1286 species of vascular plants belonging to 727 genera of 235 families and terrestrial wild plants There are 231 species in 79 families of 25 orders.

In December 2000, the former State Forestry Administration approved the establishment of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park.

geographical environment

Location context

Yingde National Forest Park is located in Yingde City, north of the central part of Guangdong Province. It is located in the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta. It consists of two spatially discontinuous blocks: Yingxi Fenglin area and Changhu area. It includes Yingde forest farm and some administrative areas of eight towns (streets), including Huanghua Town, Jiulong Town, Xiatai Town, Yingcheng street, Dazhan Town, Wangbu Town, Donghua town and Lianjiangkou town. The total planning area of the forest park is 49871.82 hectares, and its geographical coordinates are 112 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ - 113 ° 36 ′ 40 ″ E and 24 ° 01 ′ 50 ″ - 24 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ n. Among them, Changhu area covers an area of 36806.44 hectares, with the geographical coordinates of 113 ° 17 ′ 53 ″ - 113 ° 36 ′ 40 ″ E and 24 ° 1 ′ 50 ″ - 24 ° 20 ′ 2 ″ n; Yingxi Fenglin area covers an area of 13065.38 hectares, with the geographical coordinates of 112 ° 45 ′ 16 ″ - 112 ° 55 ′ 8 ″ E and 24 ° 6 ′ 35 ″ - 24 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ n.

topographic features

Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park is located in the hilly area of the southeast branch of Nanling Mountains. The forest park is mainly composed of limestone, sand shale and granite. The geological structure belongs to the Beijiang interference zone. The landform is medium and low mountains, surrounded by a basin inclined to the south, with many medium and low mountains.

Climatic characteristics

Yingde National Forest Park is located in Yingde City to the north of Tropic of cancer. It is a subtropical monsoon climate zone. Warm and humid southerly wind prevails in summer and cold and dry northerly wind prevails in winter. The annual average temperature is 21.1 ℃, the coldest month in a year is January, the average temperature is 11.1 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is - 3.6 ℃ (January 19, 1961); the hottest month is July, the average temperature is 28.9 ℃, the extreme maximum temperature is 40.1 ℃ (July 23, 2003). The average annual frost day is 6 days, the average first frost day is December 25 of the current year, and the last frost day is January 22 of the next year. The annual average precipitation is 1906.2 mm, the highest is 2657.2 mm in wet year (1975), and the lowest is 1399.9 mm in dry year (1963). The annual average evaporation is 1717.9 mm and the annual average relative humidity is 77%; the minimum relative humidity occurs in autumn and winter. The annual average sunshine hours is 1631.7 hours.

hydrographic features

Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park belongs to the Beijiang River system of the Pearl River. The water body mainly exists in the form of rivers, streams, reservoirs, ponds and lakes. There are many hydrological resources in the forest park, such as Beijiang, Longjiang, Changhu reservoir and so on. Among them, the Beijiang River, formerly known as Qinshui, is the second largest river in the Pearl River system. It runs through the north and south of the forest park, with a width of about 400 meters. The river passes through Yingde forest farm from northeast to southwest, with a drainage area of 720 hectares, an average annual runoff of 498 million cubic meters, and a water energy content of 87000 kilowatts. Changhu reservoir is about 24 kilometers long, with water area of 740.00 hectares and storage capacity of 155 million cubic meters.

natural resources

plant resources

Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park is located on the Tropic of cancer, with a forest coverage rate of 85.83%. The main vegetation types are evergreen broad-leaved forest, warm coniferous forest, bamboo forest, evergreen broad-leaved shrub and grass, field crop type, vegetable crop type, economic forest type, orchard type, etc. There are 1286 species of vascular plants belonging to 727 genera and 235 families in the forest park, including 145 species of cultivated plants belonging to 114 genera and 51 families; 1141 species of wild or escaped vascular plants belonging to 613 genera and 184 families, including 118 species of pteridophytes belonging to 59 genera and 31 families; 3 species of gymnosperms belonging to 2 families; 1021 species of angiosperms belonging to 552 genera and 151 families (including 845 species of dicotyledons belonging to 439 genera and 129 species of dicotyledons and 176 species of monocotyledons belonging to 113 genera and 22 families). Plants include Cinnamomum camphora, Chinese red pine, Chinese cone, Chinese cone, Fujian green pine, maple, Aldin, big fruit, Calla, autumn, maple, lotus, bright leaf Yang Tong, Du Ying, holly, Wutong, Myrtle, tea, wood, black tea tree, Che Lunmei, Litsea cubeba, travalin, cuckoo, Sapium ossea, Hagi, pears, net, longan, Luo Sanshu, sparrow Me To, arbor, pod. And so on. Among them, there are 13 species of national key protected plants, including 1 species of national class I key protected plants, namely Bole tree; 12 species of national class II key protected plants, including Golden dog, black Alsophila spinulosa, Alsophila spinulosa, water fern, cycadium, Magnolia officinalis, Phoebe bournei, camphor tree, palm tree, half maple, red toon and Bauhinia.

Animal resources

There are 231 species of terrestrial wild vertebrates in 25 orders, 79 families in Yingde National Forest Park, Guangdong Province, including 17 species of amphibia in 2 orders, 7 families, 33 species of Reptilia in 2 orders, 14 families, 146 species of ornitha in 15 orders, and 35 species of mammalia in 6 orders, 15 families. Among them, there is one species of national class I key protected animals, namely Python; there are 28 species of national class II key protected animals, including tiger frog, ground turtle, black winged Kite, black crowned falcon, crested bee hawk, Black Kite, goshawk, red bellied eagle, crested eagle, sparrow hawk, sparrow hawk, common buzzard, snake carving, swallow falcon, peregrine falcon, red falcon, white pheasant, brown winged cuckoo, small crow owl, Oriental Grass Owl, red horned owl, collar horn owl and carving owl There are 21 species of key protected animals in Guangdong Province: Rana spinosa, Rana chensinensis, turtle, heron, grass heron, green heron, pond heron, egret, egret, middle egret, night heron, yellow spotted reed heron, chestnut reed heron, black water pheasant, cuckoo, red billed Acacia, black tailed Waxbill Finch, yellow breasted heron, leopard cat, red backed flying squirrel, porcupine.

Main scenic spots

Yangyan cave

Yangyan cave is located near Guantang in Yingxi Fenglin area of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park. It is a large karst cave. The elevation of the cave entrance is about 600 meters. It is preliminarily discovered that the main cave has a four storey hall, with a total area of more than 200000 square meters.

Fairyland in the cave

Dongtian fairyland is located in Jiulong Town of Yingxi peak forest area of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park, also known as chuantianyan. The cave is 400 meters long, 60 meters wide and 80 meters high. A stream passes through the cave. Due to the ground collapse at the top of the cave, a 150 meter long and 15 meter wide cave mouth is formed. Stalactites and karst caves are developed on the cave wall, and stalagmites are developed at the bottom.

Writing tower

Wenbi pagoda is located outside beiluojiatang village, Yanbei Town, Yingxi peak forest area, Yingde National Forest Park, Guangdong Province. It is a five story octagonal solid brick pagoda built in Qing Dynasty. It is located from northeast to southwest. It is the only brick and gravel tower in Yingde with a height of 9.3 meters, a height of 2.15 meters and a perimeter of 9.3 meters. In 1995, it was listed as a county-level cultural relics protection unit.

Tandong village waterfall

Tandong village waterfall is located in the south of Tandong village in Changhu area of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park. At the outlet of shimaoqishan stream, there are three waterfall landscapes, Xizhai, Zhongzhai and Dazhai, with falls of about 10m, 20m and 30m respectively. Three pools formed by the impact of the waterfall.

Development and construction

Infrastructure

In 2001, Yingde City, Guangdong Province invested in the construction of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park, which covers an area of more than 100000 hectares.

Honor recognition

In December 2000, the former State Forestry Administration approved the establishment of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park, with an operating area of 107000 hectares. (in May 2018, the business scope was adjusted to 49871.82 hectares.)

In May 2015, Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park Dongtian fairyland was selected as the "National Tourism Price trustworthy scenic spot".

In June 2017, Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park was approved as a national AAAA tourist attraction.

transport line

traffic

The roads in yingxifeng forest area of Guangdong Yingde National Forest Park are mainly provincial highway s348, county highway x366, x408, and some township and village roads. Among them, county road x366 connects Huanghua town and Jiulong Town in the north-south direction, which is the main channel connecting the scenic spots in Yingxi peak forest area. The main roads in Changhu area are national highway g358, g240, provincial highway s292 and county highway

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