![]() ![]() In the rainy season, Dong Nai river water floods into an area of 2,500 ha area of northern Nam Cat Tien, along the Da Kluo which is a reverse flow stream (like Tonlé Sap) replenishing the lakes: Bau Sau (crocodile lake), Bau Chim, Bau Co and the surrounding grasslands.Seasonally flooded grasslands: CTNP has substantial (approximately 10%) area of grassland (including disused farmland) and wetlands Bamboo forest (some 40% of the park area) may also have been affected by human activity, including areas where forest was previously cleared for subsistence agriculture creating favourable conditions for bamboos species include: Bambusa balcooa, B. and Xylia xylocarpa, with bamboo species present.Ĥ. Common trees include Lagerstroemia calyculata, Mesua sp. Secondary forest with abundant bamboo species: this due to human activity, the forest having been degraded by logging, forest fires and in some areas war-time defoliants, which have caused the forest canopy to be replaced with bamboos. ![]() Ficus racemosa) and wild bananas ( Musa acuminata).ģ. The low canopy and under-story zones contains species such as the endemic Cycas inermis a number of palms are common, including Caryota mitis, Licuala and Pinanga spp., together with a wide range of fruit species (important food for animals) such as figs ( e.g. Human disturbances have mostly affected Dipterocarpaceae for resin and Fabaceae for their wood." "It appears to be a very good competitive species able to regenerate on denuded areas: along roads and on land abandoned after cultivation. especially as an indicator of secondary forest. Tetrameles nudiflora ( Tetramelaceae), of there are spectacularly large specimen trees,.Lagerstroemia calyculata ( Lythraceae),.Where soils are well-drained the following trees are common: Primary and secondary mixed or deciduous forest (dry season): Dipterocarpaceae: notably Dipterocarpus alatus, which occurs naturally, but with a good survival rate, it is widely used for replanting Hopea odorata is also used for replanting.Ģ.Fabaceae: Afzelia xylocarpa (Caesalpinoidea) and rosewoods (Papilionoideae): including the endemic Dalbergia mammosa.Primary evergreen forest areas perhaps comprise only about 2% of the Nam Cat Tien area can be highly diverse but are dominated by trees in two families (for other Families and Species see below): Habitats and flora Trees next to Ben Cu rapids at the beginning of the dry season: showing forest structure Licuala cattienensisĬát Tiên National Park (CTNP) consists of seasonal tropical forests, grasslands and riparian areas, with Park Authorities identifying five major habitat types as follows:ġ. A large number of gold, bronze, ceramic, coloured stone, and glass artefacts are currently displayed in the Da Lat museum. Excavations carried out between 19 revealed a group of temples, belonging to a previously unknown Shaiva Hindu civilization which probably inhabited the area between the 4th century and 9th centuries AD (possibly later). The Cát Tiên archaeological site is located just outside the park boundary on the northern bank of the Dong Nai river (between Cat Loc and Nam Cat Tien, facing towards the latter). To this day these areas have extensive bamboo and grassland cover and trees have not yet grown back. However, substantial further damage was done by logging up until the 1990s. Parts of the park area suffered historically during the Vietnam War when it was extensively sprayed with defoliant herbicides. The forest is now protected by the Kiểm lâm (VN Forest Rangers) with responsibilities for managing poaching, fire control, and other issues. Nam Cat Tien is contiguous with Vĩnh Cửu nature reserve thus providing an enlarged area for species to breed. The three areas were combined to form one park in 1998. Another sector, Cat Loc, was gazetted as a rhinoceros reserve in 1992 upon the discovery of a population of the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros, an occasion that brought the park into the world's eye. After the formation of the park, many of these people were re-settled in Talai village, to the south-west of Nam Cat Tien.Ĭát Tiên National Park (CTNP) was protected initially in 1978 as two sectors, Nam Cat Tien and Tay Cat Tien. The surrounding area was originally occupied by the Ma people – especially in the area that is now Cat Loc (in the 1960s eastern Nam Cat Tien was described as inhabité ) – and Stieng people in western Dong Nai Province. Since 2011, Cát Tiên National Park has been a part of Đồng Nai Biosphere Reserve. It has an area of about 720 km 2 and protects one of the largest areas of lowland tropical forests left in Vietnam. It is approximately 150 km north of Ho Chi Minh City. Cát Tiên National Park ( Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên) is a national park located in the south of Vietnam, in the provinces of Đồng Nai, Bình Phước and Lâm Đồng. ![]()
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