4. Fushan brief introduction
The Fushan Botanical Garden functions as a living tree museum of Taiwan that presents its tree and
plant collections for education, research, display, and conservation. Diverse endemic plant collections
are maintained in the garden. Currently, there are more than 700 species of vascular plants have been
planted in this area.
Opening hours:
Botanical Garden and Nature Center
Open daily 9:00 am- 4:00 pm, last entry at 3:00 pm.
Closed on every Tuesday. Closed on March for annual maintenance.
Closed on the following holidays in Lunar calendar, Tomb-sweeping Festival (5th of April), Dragon Boat
Festival (5th of May), Moon Festival (15th of August), and Chinese New Years (New Year's Eve to 5th of
January).
The garden may be closed on heavy rain days, typhoon alert, or event day when the connecting road is
not accessible.
Admission:
Admission is free, yet advance register is required. Please register online at least 35 days prior to
desired visit date. There is a 500 people per day and 600 people per holidays limit. To register a group
larger than 10 , please send us printout of online application after online submission and there is a
maximum of 50 people per group. The admission screening will be proceed through an electronic
sortition system selecting admission and waiting list. The result will be informed to all applicants by
e-mails and posted on the application web (checking the admission numbers).
Accessibility:
Handicapped parking space and wheelchair accessible restrooms are available. All garden trails are not
wheelchair accessible except the boardwalk along Aquatic Plant Pond.
35. Knee-roots of the plumeria pine
落羽松的膝根
Plumeria pine is a deciduous tree, the old tree
roots often surrounded by the uplift, when It
grows in wetlands or water, its roots birth the
other from of flexion knee-roots, the trunk
around the tumor-like or knee-shaped
breathing roots to absorb the oxygen in the air.
落羽松是落葉大喬木,老樹根部常向四周隆起,
形成板根,其生長在溼地或水中者,另從根部
生出彎曲的膝根,樹幹周圍有瘤狀或膝蓋狀的
呼吸根,以吸收空氣中的氧氣。
47. Ferns 蕨類植物
The high humidity created ideal conditions
for growth, huge ferns giving the area a
prehistoric atmosphere. They grew
everywhere, including on the trees.
高濕度為生長創造了理想的條件,巨大的蕨
類植物賦予該地區一個史前氣氛。 無處不在,
包括在樹上。
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50. Due to the rainy mountains, the park built some
small gazebos shelter from wind and rain.
由於山區多雨,園區中建了一些小涼亭遮風雨。
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53. The trunk of Lagerstroemia Subcostata is smooth
and firm, and slips when the monkey climbs up.
九芎 (Lagerstroemia Subcostata) 樹幹光滑堅硬,
連猴子爬上去都會滑下來。
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55. The garden trails are smooth, also
suitable for the elderly on foot.
園區小徑平穩,亦適合中老年人徒步。
56. Haben Creek is the upstream
tributary of the Nanshì Stream
哈盆溪是南勢溪的上游支流
67. 600 years Formosan Michelia tree, the
Awkeotsang parasites on the tree.
600 年的烏心石樹,愛玉子草 寄生在樹上。
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70. Tree apartment 樹木公寓
In order to win the sunshine, many epiphytes attach themselves to
tall trees. Like a tree apartment.
為了爭取陽光,很多附生植物附生在高大的樹木上。有如樹木公寓。
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78. Back to the Aquatic Plant Pond area.
回到水生植物池塘區域
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82. Music : 假如愛有天意 (Classic Rever)
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