Hoang Lien National Park in the northern mountainous province of Lao Caireceived certificates of Vietnam Heritage Trees for two rare floraspecies in the park at a ceremony on November 5.
The two species are “Do quyen canh tho” ( Rhododendron basilicum )and “van sam” or “sam lanh” (Abies delavayi subsp. Fansipanensis) whichgrow in the park at an altitude of 2,000m or higher above the sea level.
Surveys by Vietnamese scientists show that the area near thepeak of the 3,143m Fansipan Mountain is home to a colony of 56Rhododendron basilicum trees, which are 11-15m tall and about 250years old. In addition, 36 other species of rhododendron are also foundhere, giving the area the name of “The Kingdom of rhododendron ofVietnam.”
Scientists have also counted 26 “van sam” trees thatare 18-20m tall and about 300 years old in the park. They grow on anarea of around 1,000 sq.m in the park’s core zone, 2,700m above the sealevel. This species is listed in Vietnam’s Red Book of fauna and florafacing threat of extinction.
Hoang Lien National Park, recognisedby the ASEAN Secretariat as a regional heritage site in 2006, comprisesthe communes of San Sa Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van and Ban Ho in Lao Caiprovince’s district of Sa Pa, as well as part of Than Uyen district inLai Chau province.
Its 28,509ha core zone is surrounded by a buffer zone of 38,724ha,which borders a number of communes in the districts of Van Ban, ThanUyen and Phong Tho in Lai Chau province.
The parkharbours 2,024 flora species, including 66 listed in Vietnam’s Red Book.The number of indigenous plants here accounts for 25 percent of thenative flora species of Vietnam.-VNA
The two species are “Do quyen canh tho” ( Rhododendron basilicum )and “van sam” or “sam lanh” (Abies delavayi subsp. Fansipanensis) whichgrow in the park at an altitude of 2,000m or higher above the sea level.
Surveys by Vietnamese scientists show that the area near thepeak of the 3,143m Fansipan Mountain is home to a colony of 56Rhododendron basilicum trees, which are 11-15m tall and about 250years old. In addition, 36 other species of rhododendron are also foundhere, giving the area the name of “The Kingdom of rhododendron ofVietnam.”
Scientists have also counted 26 “van sam” trees thatare 18-20m tall and about 300 years old in the park. They grow on anarea of around 1,000 sq.m in the park’s core zone, 2,700m above the sealevel. This species is listed in Vietnam’s Red Book of fauna and florafacing threat of extinction.
Hoang Lien National Park, recognisedby the ASEAN Secretariat as a regional heritage site in 2006, comprisesthe communes of San Sa Ho, Lao Chai, Ta Van and Ban Ho in Lao Caiprovince’s district of Sa Pa, as well as part of Than Uyen district inLai Chau province.
Its 28,509ha core zone is surrounded by a buffer zone of 38,724ha,which borders a number of communes in the districts of Van Ban, ThanUyen and Phong Tho in Lai Chau province.
The parkharbours 2,024 flora species, including 66 listed in Vietnam’s Red Book.The number of indigenous plants here accounts for 25 percent of thenative flora species of Vietnam.-VNA
