Badagongshan National Nature Reserve is a forest ecological nature reserve. It is a forest ecosystem nature reserve that mainly protects subtropical evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests and wild animals.

The key ecological public welfare forest under the jurisdiction of Badagong Mountain Reserve covers 23,468 hectares, which is divided into three forest areas: Tianping Mountain, Shanmujie, and Doupeng Mountain. The wood storage volume is 1.1 million cubic meters, and the forest coverage rate reaches 93.4%. It is the most complete preservation in the subtropical region.

, the largest area of ??natural evergreen broad-leaved forest, and has unique subtropical mountain forest ecosystem characteristics.

Plants The Badagong Mountain National Nature Reserve is rich in plant species. According to survey statistics, there are 2,408 species of higher plants in 216 families.

Among them, 6 species are national Class I protected wild plants, including Davidia involucrata, Davidia glabra, Southern yew, Taxus chinensis, Campanula biloba, and Ginkgo; 29 species are national Class II protected plants; 2 species are endangered plants; and 21 are endangered plants.

species; 16 species of rare plants; 5 species of type specimens.

Among the plants of the above genus, there are more than 1,000 species of medicinal plants. Among them, there are Wujinqi and Jinpanqi known as the "four kings of medicine", as well as bamboo ginseng, Gastrodia elata, Huanglian, Aesculus aesculata, etc.

A large number of precious medicinal materials.

It is also the origin of type specimens of five new plant species, including Tilia mulberry, Tilia mulberry, Daphne mulberry, Trichophylla mulberry, and Dryopteris edulis.

Badagong Mountain belongs to the Pan-Arctic Flora Region and the Central China Region of the Sino-Japanese Forest Flora Subregion.

The vegetation composition is mainly composed of tropical Asian flora, north temperate flora, Southeast Asian flora, and East Asian-North American flora.

The vegetation not only has the typical characteristics of the northern subtropical zone, but also clearly reflects the transition from the subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone.

It is an important intersection area between the two major vegetation flora in East Asia and has extremely important plant geography research value.

There are 14 of the 15 geographical distribution types of seed plant genera in China, including 5 vegetation type groups, 9 vegetation types, 13 vegetation subtypes, 19 groupings, 26 groups, and 36 clusters.

Due to the complex terrain and large mountain height differences, the ecological environment forms multiple gradients in space, and the vegetation has obvious plant distribution zones.

The survey results of 30 standard plots of 27,325 square meters show that: the typical vegetation in the base zone belongs to the mid-subtropical mountainous evergreen broad-leaved forest; above 1,000 meters above sea level, it is evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved mixed forest; on the ridge, it is the summit dwarf forest and trees.

Tree species are generally dwarfed.

According to the survey of the sample site, its main types are: mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forest (about 1,500 meters above sea level) dominated by Hemlock; warm coniferous forest (1,220 meters above sea level) dominated by native fir forest;

Deciduous broad-leaved forest dominated by green foliage (elevation 1400-1890 meters above sea level); evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forests (about 1000-1400 meters above sea level) such as: Acer acuta (multi-veined green ridge is the top community in this area

the main species); evergreen broad-leaved forest (below 1000 meters).

Animals Badagongshan National Nature Reserve has 237 species of terrestrial vertebrates in 21 orders, 64 families, including 45 species of mammals in 20 families and 8 orders, and 135 species of birds in 9 orders and 27 families (97 species of resident birds, 20 species of summer migratory birds, and 18 species of winter migratory birds).

species), 39 species of reptiles in 2 orders, 10 families (3 species of venomous snakes), 18 species of amphibians in 2 orders, 7 families; 4175 species of insects in 22 orders, 177 families (including 34 new species, 411 species of natural enemy insects in 12 orders, 58 families)

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There are 86 species of 15 orders, 28 families, and 86 species of national key protected and rare endangered animals in the area. Among the national first-level protected species are leopards, clouded leopards, forest musk deer, white-crowned long-tailed pheasants, and golden eagles. The second-level protected species include macaques, hooded deer,

There are 51 species including Suman antelope, sambar, giant salamander, and red-bellied pheasant, 20 species under provincial key protection, and 12 species endemic to Badagong Mountain Reserve.

In 1991, experts from the United Nations Wildlife Fund determined from the feces and footprints that there were South China tigers in the reserve.