Jin-shuei-ying Major Wildlife Habitat

Date Established	October 19, 2000
Area (Hectares)	1,119.28
Location	Compartment 16 of Chao-jhou Working Circle for National Forest
Central Management  Agency	Minisrtry of Agriculture
Local Management  ​Agency	Pingtung Branch, Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency
Primary Protected  Features	Forest ecosystem

Perennially shadowed in mist and rainfall, Jin-shuei-ying seems to be always immersed in water. Aboriginal people call this place “Chuwa Zarom”, meaning “a place that water flows everywhere”. Jin-shuei-ying is surrounded by mountains in all directions.  When air currents rise in low pressure and under intensive sun exposure, heavy moisture are blown from valley to summit, creating high humidity with an average annual rainfall of 5,200mm, the second highest in Taiwan. As many as 238 fern species call this area home, where 56% of it is covered by broadleaf forests and the rest 44% by artificial forests. Fifty-nine species of rare plants and several endemic species grow here. On the southeast of this habitat lies the Jin-shuei-ying Trail, built nearly 500 years ago as a major road for trading between the west and east of Taiwan for the aboriginal people.