Kon Ka Kinh National Park - Biological Diversity - Florae

Florae

Due to the characteristics of its topography, climate, soil conditions, and other factors, this park contains a great deal of biodiversity. It is home to:

• Florae typical to North Vietnam: Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Magnoliaceae, Moraceae, Anonaceae, Lauraceae, Fagaceae …etc. These families contrentrate in areas influenced by wet tropical rain. In these area, tree density is high and dominant species are not typical.
• Species native to Yunan – Guizhou and foot of Himalaya includes: needle leaf of gymnosperm such as (Podocarpus imbricatus), (Dacrydium pierrei), (Nageia wallichiana), (Fokienia hodginsii) …etc.
• Species native to Malaysia-Indonesia: Dipterocarpaceae such as (Anogeissus acuminata), (Parashorea stellata), (Parashorea chinensis)…etc.
• Species native to India-Myanmar: Typical species include: Combretaceae such as (Terminalia bellirica) or Lythraceae such as (Lagerstroemia tomentosa) v.v.

According to the survey results, Kon Ka Kinh National Park contained 687 flora species of 459 genus and 140 families, of which the class of Magnoliopsida is dominant (104 families, 337 genus, 528 species). Second domination is Liliopsida (15 families, 82 genus, 111 species). Other diviso of Pteridophyta includes 16 families, 32 genus and 40 species. Gymnosperm includes 5 families, 8 genus, 8 species. Kon Ka Kinh is home to several endangered and preserved endemic species, such as:

1. 11 endemic species: (Pinus dalatensis), hoa khế, (Afzelia xylocarpa), (Dalbergia annamensis), (Dialium cochinchinense), (Alchornea annamica), du moóc, (Calamus poilanei), lọng hiệp, (Dendrobium bellatulum).
2. Florae in this park includes 24 precious and rare species, valuable for genetic preservation and scientific research and were listed in Vietnam Endangered Red Book and world's Endangered Species Red Book. Of these 34 species, 24 species are listed in Vietnam Red Book, inclusive of 2 E class species (in danger of extinction), 6 V class species (will be in danger of extinction), 7 R class species (rare), 1 T class species, and 8 K class species.

Most of the area in Kon Ka Kinh National Park is covered by protozoa with the typical florae:

1. Evergreen forest, subtropical wet rain and low mountain forest.
2. Mixing subtropical needle and broadleaf forest, with dominant (Fokienia hodginsii) forest.