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| Historical records show
that Kinmen was (1206-1368), Ming (1368-1644) and Ching (1616-1911)
dynasties, trees were felled to boil seawater, for military
purposes and other activities that lead to overlogging that
gradually depleted the island's vegetation. This exposed the
sandy soil to the wind, leading to dust storms and erosion.
However, since 1950, the armed forces and civilian population
on Kinmen have been actively working to plant and protect trees.
After several decades, Kinmen has once again become green. Currently,
6,000 hectares are covered in forest (which is approximately
39.8% of the land area). The most common planted tree is the
beefwood (57%), followed by the Formosan koa, pines and eucalyptus
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At least 542 species of native plants
and a small number of domesticated vascular plants grow in the park,
including 17 species not found in Taiwan, such as Litsea glutinosa,
Pyrus betulifolia, Abelia chowii Hoo and the evening primrose species
Oenothera drummondii. In the wetland areas of the park, Avicennia
marina (Forsk) Vierh and Kandelia candel(L.) Druce make up mangrove
forests. The Taiwu Mountain area is often subjected to strong winds and
the soil is thin, thus below 10 meters are mostly thorny shrubs.
In addition, this is a military use area, so prickly plants, such
as white agave and cactus, etc., are a common means of preventing
enemy parachute landings. Kinmen's flora is more closely related
to mainland China's flora than Taiwan's flora.
Due to the close proximity of Kinmen to mainland China, Kinmen's
flora is closely related to mainland China's flora. Among the
vascular plants that grow on Kinmen, about 98.7% are also found
in mainland China. There are only four genera of plants on Kinmen
that have not been recorded from mainland China.About 97.7%
of Kinmen's plant species are also found on Taiwan. Only seven
genera of plants on Kinmen have not been recorded from Taiwan.
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| Thus, the flora of Taiwan
is second in relationship to that of mainland China. Of the
269 genera found on Okinawa, 90.0% are also found on Kinmen.
Of the 249 plant genera of Japan, 83.3% are also found on
Kinmen. Thus, there is an obvious relationship between distance
and similarity in floras. There are some large differences
in the floras of Kinmen and Taiwan. For example, the Fagaceae
family is a very important plant family in Taiwan, with more
than 50 species. However, no species of this family have been
recorded from Kinmen. In addition, Litsea glutinosa of the
camphor family is very abundant on Kinmen, but has not been
recorded from Taiwan.
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