We have prepared three options for you to choose from, all scheduled for October 16, 2025. Please select the location you prefer. Participants who join the field trip will need to pay an additional fee of 27-150 USD to cover transportation and lunch costs.

Lienhuachih Research Center

    A 25-ha Lienhuachih Broadleaf Forest Dynamic Plot was established in accordance with guidelines developed by the Center for Tropic Forest Science (CTFS) for undertaking long-term permanent plot studies in 2008. Through a general survey of woody plants in the permanent plot, the composition and characteristics of the region’s low elevation natural broadleaf forests can be analyzed and understood. The research results accrued can become a basic database of long-term ecological research and are helpful in fostering even more-diverse and interdisciplinary research that provide the best foundation and theoretical support for a sustainable management model of forest ecosystems in the region.

    Current research on the fauna and flora of the region indicates that there are 879 species of higher plants, 78 species of wild birds, 131 species of insects and butterflies specimens, 24 species of frogs, 10 species of lizards, 11 species of other reptiles, and 20 species of mammals. A diverse and intact biota exists in the Lienhuachih region that is representation of central Taiwan's low-elevation broadleaf forests. Therefore, we continuously manage, monitor and conserve the forest ecology and natural resources.

    This place is in low-elevation broadleaf forests, around 600 m in elevation. We can expect that the population of bryophytes will not be large, but they are waiting to be explored. We planned to investigate the Lienhuachih Research Center by walking along the trail and asphalt road. In addition to the original forest, conifer forests have also been planted there. These different habitats contain various bryophytes.

    For more information, please check the following website.

    https://www.tfri.gov.tw/en/cp.aspx?n=7715&t=203

Schedule

16 October

08:30 Taiwan Biodiversity Research Institute. Take a rented bus.

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09:15 Arrive at Lienhuachih Research Center. Investigate from the office area walk through Cabin Trail, Log cabin classroom, and Cabin Driveway.

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12:00 Meet at nursery, then have lunch here (we will prepare the lunch box).

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13:00 Walk through Nioushihci Trail and Calocedrus Formosana Forest Trail.

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15:30 Meet at the office area. Take a rented bus.

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16:30 Arrive at Taiwan High-Speed Rail Taichung Station.