Plants of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park

Podocarpaceae

Dacrydium elatum Wall.

Vietnam, Quang Binh Prov., Minh Hoa Distr., Thuong Hoa Municipality, Yen Hop village, about 1 km to NWW of Ban On village (17º40'21''N, 105º58'00''E). Primary closed evergreen broad-leaved and coniferous lowland forest (with Dacrydium elatum) along rocky ridge composed with solid marble-like highly eroded stratified crystalline limestone at elevation 550-650 m a.s.l. Tree 10-14 m tall and up to 0.4 m in diam. Main dominant of coniferous forest on tops of ridge.

HAL5999 21 January 2005. Photo.

Collectors: L.Averyanov, P.K.Loc, P.V.The, A.Averyanova, N.T.Vinh, N.Q.Vinh, N.T.Binh.

All photos (C) - L. Averyanov