Flora and Fauna in Jiangxi

59% of Jiangxi's territory is covered with forest. Its timber reserve amounts to 250 million cubic meters, in addition to 1 billion plants of bamboo, both figures taking leading positions in the country. Most of the forests in the province belong to natural secondary forests. Coniferous forests occupy a larger proportion, with pine and masson pine being the major species. Tea-oil tree, tung tree and Chinese tallow tree are the major economic species scattering across the province.
The province boasts more than 4,000 species of seed plants, some 470 types of pteridophyte and over 100 types of bryophyte. Among the low plants, the varieties of large fungus alone are as many as 500. There are more than 2,000 species of woody plants, including over 400 kinds of arbor. Jiangxi is also home to many ancient trees, such as ginkgo, known as the "living fossil" of plants.
The good ecological environment characterized with rich water resource, changing topographies and wide coverage of vegetation ensures Jiangxi's abundance in wildlife. The 30 nature reserves cover a total area of 9,016 square km, accounting for 5.4% of the province's territory.
Jiangxi now has over 600 kinds of vertebrates, including over 170 species of fish which account for 21.4% of the national total of freshwater fish. There are more than 40 species of amphibious animals, accounting for 20.4% of the national total; some 70 species of reptiles, accounting for 23.5% of the country; 270 species of birds, accounting for 23.2%; and 50 species of beasts, accounting for 13.3% of the nation's total.
Fish and birds, large in number of species, have great economic value and therefore have the priority for protection. Poyang Lake presents an ideal winter shelter for migratory birds.
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Please click on the links for more...

Sika Deer http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/22Scenery558.html

Black Muntjac http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_muntjac

Finless Porpoise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finless_porpoise

Siberian Crane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Crane

Masked Palm Civet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked_Palm_Civet

Pangolin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin

Oriental White Stork http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_White_Stork

Great Bustard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Bustard

Chinese Merganser http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Merganser

For more on birds in and around the Poyang Hu area see http://www.4panda.com/special/bird/site/poyanghu.htm

South China Tiger (possibly, maybe, hopefully...)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_China_Tiger
http://chinese.savechinastigers.org/node/275