Dawushan Nature Reserve

Information

Date of Proclamation	June 8, 1988
Size of Area (ha)	47,000
Primary Object for Protection	Wildlife, and their Habitat, Forest, Lake
Scope of Administration	The 2-10, 12-20, 24-30 compartment of Dawu Working Circle; the 18-26, 35-43, 45-50, 51 compartment of Taitung Working Circle except mining lands and mining-truck paths as well as Payuchih of the Pingtung Forest District Office, Taitung County and forestlands in the eastern part of nearby county boundaries
Authority in-charge-of	Taitung and Pingtung Forest District Office

Dawushan mountain, the highest peak in the south of the central Range, with cliffs and steep slopes in its eastern and western side, reserves a large original broad-leaved forest in Dawushan Nature Reserve’s lower and middle altitude areas because it maybe too hard for human to walk across the reserve. Moreover, there isn’t any road in its middle and higher altitude areas.

Dawushan mountain reserves an entire and continuous forest form from low altitude to high because of its height. It’s a rarely seen landscape in Taiwan. The yearly rainfall, as large as 4,400-4,800milimeters, concentrates in summer. In addition, the sharply dropping elevation shapes many waterfalls, potholes, torrents, abysses and lakes in the reserve with numerous rivers and cliffs.
In this reserve, rare plants such as amentotaxus formosana, Taiwan cow-tail fir and rare animals such as formosan black bear, mikado pheasant, swinhoe’s pheasant, mountain hawk-eagle, maroon oriole, hundred-pace snake, Heng-chun birdwing butterfly and varicorhinus alticorpus are distinguished guesses.