Vegetation of Lanjak-Entimau
Vegetation of Lanjak-Entimau
More than 95% of the area is still covered in virgin rainforest. Vegetation variations are related to soil conditions and altitudes, ranging from rich alluvial forests to mixed dipterocarp forests on steep slopes, to mossy montane forests on the summit of Bukit Lanjak (1299m above sea level).
Wild Flower
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Alpinia, a wild ginger on cool |
Coelogyme asperata, |
Coelogyme asperata, epiphytic in alluvial forest |
Coleus paradoxus, wild ginger in lowland forest |
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| Flowers of Dillenia | Flowers of Lanjak-Entimau | Flowers of Lanjak-Entimau | Ixora laila |
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| Phanera kockiana woody climber in the lowland forest |
Flowers of Lanjak-Entimau | Flowers of Lanjak-Entimau | Rhododendron brookeanum a common eiphyte in Riparian forest |
Wild Fruits
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| Antidesma cuspidatum A common treelet of the forest floor |
Fruits of Aglaia odoratissimus A common shrub of Riparian Forest |
Baccaurea membranacea (young fruits) A tree of the lower storey in Tropical Riparian Forest | Maturing fruits of Baccaurea membranacea |
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| Ptychopyxis grandis Small tree of the lower storey. Relatively rare. |
Young fruits of Pinanga A small stemmed palm of the undergrowth |
Young winged fruits of Dipterocarpus oblongifolius A large tree of the riparian forest. Protected in Sarawak | Wild Fruits of Lanjak-Entimau |
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| Aporusa nitida A treelet of the forest floor |
Fruits of Litsea garciae Often cultivated for its edible fruits |
Bright red fruits of Pinanga crassipes and caterpillars of bag worm moths |
Similax megacarpa A common climber in open places |
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| Wild Fruit of Lanjak-Entimau | Wild Fruit of Lanjak-Entimau | Wild Fruit of Lanjak-Entimau | Wild Fruit of Lanjak-Entimau |
Mushrooms
A total of 521 fungi species belonging to 71 genera of 39 families were collected from the forests in Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary. The number of fungi species made up some 11.0% of the known forest fungi species in Sarawak. A very large percentage of macrofungi were collected in mixed dipterocarp forest and alluvial forest while less abundant in other forest types. 42 lichen species on plant leave and tree trunk were collected in alluvial and mixed dipterocarp forests.
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| Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | The "Ink fungus" - Coprinus Species (Coprinaceae) | "The Cup fungi" - Cookeina sulcipus {Edible} Kulat mangkok (Berk.) Kuntze., Sarcoscyphaceae. | Mycena species (Tricholomataceae) |
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| "The Cup Fungi" - Cookeina tricholoma (Mont.) Kuntze., Sarcoscyphaceae | Flammulina velutipes (Fr.) Sing., (Tricholomataceae) Kulat bengang, [poisonous] |
The 'Earth Star' fungus - (Geastrum rufescens) Pers., Geastraceae. |
Hygrocybe cantharellus (Schw.) Lge. Hygrophoraceae |
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| Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau |
| Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Pycnoporus sanguineus (L.ex.Fr.) {poisonous} Murril, Polyporaceae. Kulat bungkang |
Mycena species (Tricholomataceae) |
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| The "Tooth fungi" - Hydnum rufescens Pers., Hydnaceae |
Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau | Mushroom of Lanjak-Entimau |
Pitcher Plants
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| Monkey cups pitcher plant | Nepenthes muluensis A rare pitcher of montane forest |
Pitcher Plants of Lanjak-Entimau | Pitcher Plants of Lanjak-Entimau |
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| Pitcher Plants of Lanjak-Entimau | Begonia with spotted leaves. A succulent herb on cool forest floor |
Pitcher Plants of Lanjak-Entimau |
