Ci-lan Major Wildlife Habitat

Name	Ci-lan Major Wildlife Habitat
Primary Protected  Features	Forest Ecosystem
Area (Hectares)	55,991.41
Location	Compartments 54~71 of Wu-lai Working Circle for National Forest; Compartments 39, 40, 45~66, 83~84, 8700, 109~118, 127~130 and 133 of Da-si Working Circle for National Forest; Compartments 74~77 and 81~84 of Yi-lan Working Circle of for National Forest; Compartments 1~73 of Tai-ping-shan Working Circle for National Forest
Central Management  Agency	Ministry of Agriculture
Local Management  ​Agency	Hsinchu and Yilan Branch, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency
Date Established	February 15, 2000

Ci-lan Major Wildlife Habitat is known for giant false cypress trees. The conservation area is extending from 200m to 3,535m with inherited weather and ecological complexity. It rains ~3,000 mm almost in ~200 days of a year: most of them from typhoons and some from fog or drizzle during winter monsoon. Taiwan Hinoki false cypress is the dominant species with associates: Taxus sumatrana , Taiwania cryptomerioides , Cunninghamia lanceolate , and Cephalotaxus wilsoniana of which are the most important native species due to islandic evolution of vicariance. Good conservation work makes many wild animal's lives in this area have a little more vitality. Rare needles woods is a paradise for many rare wildlives.