Shuang-guei Lake Major Wildlife Habitat

Date Established	October 19, 2000
Area (Hectares)	47,723.75
Location	Compartments 32~39 of Yanping Working Circle for National Forest, Compartments 18~31 of Pingtung Working Circle for National Forest and Compartments 4~21 of Laonong River 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

Shuang-guei Lake, located near the border between Taitung County and Pingtung County, is a sacred land for the Rukai indigenous tribe. The lake serves as an important wildlife habitat where rich flora and fauna thrive. Being the deepest alpine lake in Taiwan still untapped by modern civilization, Shuang-guei Lake has been a longed-for paradise for many climbers. Its surroundings are full of primary Chamaecyparis taiwanensis and Taiwania cryptomerioides forests. Thanks to abundant rainfall and high humidity, the pteridophyte-quotient here reaches 4.10. As many as 588 vascular plant species in 122 families have been documented in this area, in particular, the orchid family. Rare plants include Taxus sumatrana, Ilex tugitakayamensis, Helwingia japonica sp. formosana, Pentapanax castanopsidicola, and Anoectochilus formosanus Hayata.