Wildlife In Yellow Mountain (Mount Huangshan)

Plants

According to the Directories of Plants in Huangshan, 1985, Huangshan senic spots have 1446 species of protophyte in 155 orders, 193 species of hemerophyte in 51
orders. the protophyte include 187 species of bryophyte in 114 genera and 127 species of pteridophyte in 57 genera. Those under the second-class state protection are Ginkgo biloba L., Emmenopterys henryi Oliv., Pseudotsuga gaussenii Flous, Pseudolarix kaempferi (Lindl.) Gord., Eucommia ulmoides Oliv., Liriodendron chinense Sary., Cercidiphyllum japonicum Sieb. et Zucc., Kirengeshoma palmata Y. . Those under the third-class state protection are Tsuga tchekiangensis (Flous., Euptelea pleiosperma Hook. f. et Thoms, Magnolia officinalis Rehd. et Wils. Subsp. biloba(Rehd. et Wils., Magnolia cylindrica Wils., sorbus anabils Cheng ex Yu., Litsea auriculate Chien et Cheng., Magnolia sieboldii K. Koch., cinnamomum japonicum Sieb, Magnlia amoena Cheng, Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng, Pteroceltis tatarino Wii Maxim, Tapiscia sinensis Oliv, stewartia sinensis Rehd. dt Wils. Besides, Mt. Huangshan also preserves the ancient plants in the Tertiary and Quaternary period, which include Huperzia serrata (Thunb.) Nakai, Osmunda japonica Thunb., diploteruygium glaum (Thunb) Nakai, Ginkgo biloba L., Cephalotaxus fortunei Hook. F., Cephalotaxus. sinensis (Rehd et wils.) Li, Pseudolaxix kaepferi (Lindl0 Gord), Liguidambar formosano hance., Manglietia formdiana Oliv., Aphanathe aspera (Thunb.) Planch, etc.

These rare and ancient plants are of great viewing value and of scientific research significance. They can serve as important materials and experiment sites for probing into origins and history.

Animals

There are many kinds of wild animals in Mt. Huangshan. They account for 2/3 of the total animal species in the whole province. According to the investigation statistics, there are 176 kinds of birds in 17 orders and 40 families, 21 kinds of amphibious animals, 48 kinds of reptiles, 24 kinds of fishes and 54 kinds of beasts.

Two kinds of birds, Syrmaticus ellioti and Ciconia boyciana, are under the first-class state protection; four kinds of beasts -- Neofelis nebulosa, Panthera pardus, Muntiacus crinifrons and Cervus nippon under first-class state protection; the amphibious fish, Megalobatrachus davidianus and birds like Aix galericulata, Lophupa nycthemera fokiensis, Pucrasia macrolopha darwini, Miclvus korschun lineatus, Accipiter soloensis, Acccipiter nisus nisoimils, Buteo buteo, Augila clanga, Falco tinnunculus saturatus, nine kinds of beasts including Macacca thibetana,Macaca mulatta,Manis pentadactyla,cuon alpinus,selenarctos thibetanus Viverra zibetha, Virerricula indica, Hydropotes inermis, Capricornis sumatraensis are under the second-class state protection. Mt. Huangshan also has the following rare birds: Garrulax poecilorhynchus berthemyi, Leiothrix lutea, Caprimulgus indicus jotaka,Eurystomus orientalis calonyx,Halcyon smyrnensis,Fringilla montifringilla,Motacilla alba leucopsis,Garrulax Canorsy,Phylloscopus proregulus,Zosteroips japonica simplex.

Mt. Huangshan Senic Spots have been giving the first priority to protection of the wild animals as the precious tourist resources. They have formulated relative regulations to forbid catching and hurting wild animals in the senic spots. The effective measures result in certain increase of the animals either in number and species.