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Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests

The Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests are a critically endangered WWF ecoregion.[1] The ecoregion occupies the Sichuan Basin in China and covers an area of 9,816,054 ha (24,256,000 acres).[2] The broadleaf forest habitat once covered the Sichuan Basin, but today is limited to mountains and preserved temple grounds in the basin and around the basin's rim. An especially well-preserved example of remaining forest exists on Mount Emei at the western edge of the Sichuan Basin. The original forests are thought to have been made up of subtropical oaks, laurels, and Schima. Much of the remaining Sichuan Basin has been converted to anthropogenic agricultural use in the last 5,000 years.[1]

Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests
Evergreen broadleaf forest on Mount Emei
Location of ecoregion
Ecology
RealmPalearctic
BiomeTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests
Geography
CountryChina

Flora

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The predominant trees are Sassafras tzumu, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Glyptostrobus pensilis, Castanea mollissima, Quercus myrsinifolia, Quercus acuta, Machilus thunbergii, Davidia involucrata, Tetracentron, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Emmenopterys henryi, Eucommia ulmoides, Juglans regia, Larix gmelinii, Larix sibirica, Larix × czekanowskii, Betula dahurica, Betula pendula, Pinus koraiensis, Pinus sibirica, Pinus sylvestris, Picea obovata, Abies sibirica, Quercus acutissima, Quercus mongolica, Ginkgo biloba, Prunus serrulata, Prunus padus, Tilia amurensis, Salix babylonica, Acer palmatum, Populus tremula, Ulmus davidiana, Ulmus pumila, Pinus pumila, Haloxylon ammodendron, Elaeagnus angustifolia, Tamarix ramosissima, Prunus sibirica, Cinnamomum cassia, Durio zibethinus, Garcinia mangostana, Artocarpus heterophyllus, Ficus benghalensis, Gnetum gnemon, Mangifera indica, Toona ciliata, Toona sinensis, Cocos nucifera, Tetrameles nudiflora, Shorea robusta, Camphora officinarum, Tsuga dumosa, Ulmus lanceifolia, Tectona grandis, Terminalia elliptica, and Terminalia bellirica.

Fauna

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Endangered and critically endangered animal species that have traditionally inhabited the Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests include:[3]

Amphibians

Birds

Mammals

References

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  1. ^ a b "Eastern Asia: Southern China". World Wide Fund for Nature. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests". Global Species. Myers Enterprises II. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Sichuan Basin evergreen broadleaf forests All Endangered". Global Species. Myers Enterprises II. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
 

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