Fairy Lake Botanical Garden

Xianhu botanical garden is divided into six scenic areas: Heaven and earth scenic area, Lake area, temple area, desert plant area, fossil forest scenic area and pine, cypress and azalea scenic area. There are more than ten scenic spots, such as unique cave, Liangyi Pavilion, Yudai bridge, Longzun tower, Tingtao Pavilion, Range Rover Pavilion, and a museum of paleontology. In the palm area, there are green grass, coconut trees and sunflower trees, which are tropical scenery; in the shade plant area, there are insectivorous plants In the fossil forest, agate fossils stand tall and upright, and can't wear out the rings of trees for hundreds of millions of years, as if telling people about the great changes of the earth's history; in the desert greenhouse, desert plants compete with each other; in the morning, the bells of Hongfa Temple reverberate, chanting sutras slowly and quickly, which makes people solemn; in the sunset, the lake waves, green trees and pavilions reflect the scenery The color is picturesque, which makes people forget to return.

Fairy Lake Botanical Garden

The fairy lake botanical garden is located in Liantang, Shenzhen, Luohu District, on the eastern suburb of Liantang. It is located on the east side of the Wutong Mountain and Shenzhen reservoir in the West. It covers an area of 546 hectares. It was built in 1988 and officially opened to the public in 1988. Xianhu botanical garden integrates plant collection, research, popularization of scientific knowledge, tourism and leisure. It is one of the important bases for scientific research of ornamental plants in China.

Xianhu botanical garden was rated as national "AAAA" scenic spot by National Tourism Administration in 2007

In 2008, it was rated as "national key Park" by the Ministry of construction.

In order to show respect for the majority of medical workers, the scenic spot will provide medical workers with free tickets, consumption discounts and other preferential services after the end of the epidemic and the resumption of operation (the specific preferential details are subject to the announcement of each scenic spot).

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geographical environment

Location context

The fairy lake botanical garden is located at Liantang Xian Lake Road in Luohu District, Shenzhen, east of Shenzhen first peak Wutong Mountain and Shenzhen reservoir in the west, covering 546 hectares.

The center coordinates of the botanical garden are N22 ° 34 ′ 43.10 ″ N and E114 ° 09 ′ 55.98 ″ E.

Climatic characteristics

Xianhu botanical garden is located in the subtropical monsoon climate distribution zone, with high temperature and rainy in summer, mild and less rain in winter, six months in summer and warm climate in spring and autumn and winter.

The annual average temperature of Shenzhen is 23.7 ℃, the maximum temperature is 36.6 ℃, the minimum temperature is 1.4 ℃, the frost free period is 355 days, the annual sunshine hours is 1975.0 hours, the annual average rainfall is 1608.1 mm, and there are occasional typhoons in summer and autumn.

plant resources

Up to 2012, Xianhu botanical garden has collected and introduced nearly 8000 species of living plants, with 21 special plant areas.

The most distinctive is the national Cycas Germplasm Resources Protection Center, which was officially established on December 18, 2002. There are more than 240 species of Cycas in 10 genera of 3 families, ranking second in the world.

According to statistics, more than 1000 shade tolerant and semi shade tolerant plants belonging to nearly 70 families of pteridophytes, Araceae, Orchidaceae, Begoniaceae, Zingiberaceae, Zhuyu family, Liliaceae, Agave family, Lycoris family and pineapple family were cultivated in the park, including Alsophila spinulosa, a national first-class protected plant

There are more than 200 species of Orchidaceae and 130 species of 11 genera of Magnoliaceae

More than 25000 plants were planted

About 60 genera and 150 species of Palmaceae are native to China, and they are national rare and endangered species with high scientific value, such as Qiong palm, aiqiong palm, Shishan palm, Anthurium tomentosa, Longyu, etc

There are 400 species and varieties of aquatic plants belonging to 68 genera and 41 families. Focus on the preservation of lianaceae and Nymphaeaceae plants, including about 200 species of excellent lotus varieties such as zhongshanlian, dashajin and Donghong

There are 23 families and 1126 varieties of succulent plants

There are more than 600 species in 516 genera of 154 families

There are more than 500 species of pteridophytes, more than 140 species and varieties of gymnosperms belonging to 37 genera and 12 families, among which there are more than 40 species of national and provincial protected plants, such as Cephalotaxus fortunei, Pinus bungeana, Abies ziyuanensis, Pinus massoniana, Pinus Pseudolarix, Platycladus orientalis, Pinus sylvestris, Taxus chinensis, etc.

The botanical garden also specially built a rare arboretum, collecting more than 100 kinds of rare and precious trees and more than 70 kinds of rare and endangered plants, including the national first-class protected plants such as Cathaya argyrophylla, Taiwania flousiana, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Ginkgo biloba, Taxus chinensis, Lysimachia fortunei, Cinnamomum camphora, Camellia chrysantha, Aristolochia seal, jiangxianghuangchan, chengchui, butterfly fruit, etc. The garden has protected the local unique rare tree species Aquilaria, and propagated tens of thousands of Aquilaria, green plum and other seedlings.

Main attractions

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By 2012, Xianhu botanical garden has preserved about 8000 species of plants, including 21 special botanical gardens, including Cycas conservation center, magnolia garden, rare tree garden, palm garden, bamboo District, shade plant district, desert plant district, hundred fruit garden, aquatic plant garden, peach blossom garden, gymnosperm plant district and bonsai garden.

The park is divided into six scenic spots: Heaven and earth scenic area, Lake area, temple area, desert plant area, fossil forest scenic area and pine, cypress and azalea scenic area. There are more than ten garden attractions, such as unique cave, Liangyi Pavilion, jade belt bridge, Longzun tower, Tingtao Pavilion, Range Rover Pavilion, Butterfly Valley orchid, and a unique museum of paleontology.

Botanical Garden

Mulan Garden

Mulan garden was established in 1991. It is located in tianshangrenjian scenic area, east to the left side of Tianchi Mountaineering Road, West to liangyiting, mountains above the highway and below the fire line. It covers an area of about 200 mu. It has introduced more than 130 species of 11 genera of Magnoliaceae, and planted more than 25000 plants, which are from Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Hunan, Guizhou, Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other four provinces In Sichuan and other places, there are nearly 20 kinds of rare and endangered plants protected by the state, such as huagaimu, changruimulan, Magnolia officinalis, tiannvhua, Manglietia honghuaensis, Manglietia macrophylla, tourniquet wood, Yunnan pseudo parthenocarpy magnolia, etc., and more than 50 hybrid Magnolia varieties have been introduced from Xi'an Botanical Garden and Zhejiang Shengzhou Magnolia Research Institute, including Magnolia Changchun II, Magnolia hongyunensis and Magnolia danxinensis. Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia multiflora and Magnolia Betty, including Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia Formosa, Magnolia. Magnolia garden area is roughly divided into four areas, including magnolia, Manglietia, Michelia, hybrid seedlings and so on.

 

Fossil forest

Fossil forest scenic area consists of four parts: fossil forest, Shenzhen Museum of paleontology, Hong Kong return Memorial forest and peach blossom garden. The fossil forest has been under construction since 1997, covering an area of 20000 square meters. More than 500 silicified trees from Liaoning, Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia have been collected and introduced. These silicified woods were identified by experts as pine and fir plants, and formed in the Mesozoic period of 150-70 million years. At that time, it was the most prosperous period in the evolutionary history of cones. The tall trees were buried under the stratum due to the intense crustal movement, and formed fossils through silicification. So far, it is the only large ex situ fossil forest in the world. The Museum of paleontology explains the history of life on earth in a systematic and easy to understand way by using fossils, pictures, multimedia technology and other materials.

Shade plant area

The shade plant area covers an area of 40000 square meters, with more than 1000 shade loving plants, including ferns, Crassulaceae, Begoniaceae, Acanthaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Araceae, Liliaceae, Araceae, bromelidaceae and Orchidaceae. Orchids here have more than 100 hours, such as: Dancing orchid, Phalaenopsis, Wandai orchid, cattleyan, Dendrobium, Cymbidium, Cymbidium, etc. There are also pine leaf ferns, antler ferns with peculiar shapes. There are some species of national first-class protected plants, such as Camellia chrysantha, Araceae vines, evergreen flowers and leaves, etc. The area is an important place for primary and secondary school students and the general public to learn plant science knowledge and experience "biodiversity".

Cycas Conservation Center

Cycads are a group of gymnosperms with ancient origins and remains. The study of Cycas can provide a basis for the study of paleoclimate, paleogeography and flora evolution. Cycas is an important ornamental plant with important economic value. Cycads were collected in Shenzhen Xianhu botanical garden since 1988. Cycads garden was established in 1994. On December 18, 2002, national cycads Germplasm Resources Protection Center was officially established. The center covers an area of more than 30000 square meters, with fountains, Wannian Pavilion and other scenic spots. It also has several sections, such as living material preservation area of Cycas, Cycas garden, ancient Cycas forest, Cycas basin garden, Cycas breeding greenhouse and nursery. So far, the center has collected more than 240 species of cycads belonging to 10 genera, 3 families in Australia, the United States, Vietnam, the Netherlands, Mexico, Japan, Russia, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places in China. After years of construction and development, Cycas ex situ conservation center has become a multi-functional international Cycas ex situ conservation center integrating scientific research, ex situ conservation, tourism and production.

 

Palm Garden

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