Huaping Nature Reserve is located in Longsheng Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Lingui County at the junction, formerly the Guilin area forint wide area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was approved in 1960 to protect the area in 1978 by the State Council as a national nature reserve to rare relict species and silver fir forest typical evergreen broad-leaved forest ecosystem is the main object of protection. Huaping Nature Reserve is the source of the Pearl River, it is an important part of the national ecological construction.

May 6, 1957, Huaping first discovered "plant Panda" - silver fir, caused a sensation in the world of the plant kingdom, from fame. Although it was later also found in Jinxiu and some parts of Sichuan, Guizhou, Hunan, but the sheer number of Huaping has a silver fir, and large plants, the advanced research work and the silver fir, are the highest in the world. Huaping Nature Reserve Association of World Records named the largest number of the world's silver fir areas, setting a new world record.

Huaping protection zone is rich in animal resources, namely, the 51 kinds of mammals animals, 86 kinds of birds, amphibians 10, 10 reptiles species, including the national level to protect animals are leopard, Tragopan, white pheasant, three have national level to protect rare and endangered animal tiger, clouded leopard, secondary protection of 28 species, there are two protected rare animals monkeys, macaques, otter, forest musk deer, sambar, bear, serow, Elliot's pheasant and the like. There are abundant plant resources in protected areas, in Fujian cypress, Bole tree, horsetail tree, chestnut tree, ginseng, incense trees, in southern pine, Tsuga, silver magpie tree and other rare and endangered plants.

Key protection silver fir

Distribution: Guangxi, China (Longsheng, Kim Soo), Hunan (Sunning to the city step, Zixing, Guidong), Sichuan (Nanchuan, Wulong), Guizhou (road true, Tongzi) located in the northern part of Longsheng flower Ping and eastern Jinxiu County, southeastern Hunan Zixing, Guidong, Ray County and southwest of Chengbu County Luohandong four Chuan Nanchuan County, Foshan, cypress hill, Qing Zhu Shan and Baimashan Wulong County, Guizhou Michizane County Tongzi County Dasha and Angelica mountain. Born in local mountain altitude of 940 to 1870 m Strip.

Morphological characteristics: evergreen tree, with the branches carry out, up to 24 meters, diameter of generally 40 centimeters, dilute 85 cm; straight trunk, bark dark gray, fragmented into irregular flakes; collateral twigs upper and slow growth, light brown, no hair, short hair, or is beginning, the change glabrous, micro-embossed pulvini; buds no resin, bud scales off. Leaves spirally arranged, scattered radially arranged densely at the upper and lateral branches twigs, linear, slightly curved or generally straight length of 4 to 6 cm wide and 2.5 to 3 mm, apex rounded or blunt, tapering base portion so as not to petiole apparent, the above pulse recess, dark green; glabrous or short-haired, white pores significantly below along with both pulse edge microreactor volume, there are two channel sides virgin resin transverse section; young leaves with an edge eyelash. Hermaphrodite, male cones are usually born in a single 2-year-old leaves axillary; female cones solitary and axillary branches current year. Mature two cones, oval, 3 to 5 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm in diameter, chestnut brown or pale brown when ripe; seed scales 13 to 16, woody, clamshell, nearly circular, the back short Mao, ventral basally two seeds persistent; bracts small, ovate triangular, with long sharp, is not exposed; seeds obovoid, 5 to 6 mm long, dark olive green, with irregular spots, species winged 10 to 15 mm.

Conservation Value: silver fir is an ancient relic plants, the pollen of the genus have been found in Tertiary sediments in Eurasia. Its special form, embryonic development and pine species similar to phylogenetic studies Pinaceae, Flora ancient, ancient geography and the fourth Ice Age climate, etc., are more important scientific value.

Scenic Area Address: Longsheng County, Guilin southwest

Car lines: Guilin Longsheng bus ride to ride again to Pakistan that is to Huaping