Vegetation Of Lanjak-Entimau

 

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
forest floor

Coelogyme asperata,
epiphytic in alluvial forest

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
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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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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
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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
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Pitcher Plants

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Monkey cups pitcher plant Nepenthes muluensis
A rare pitcher of montane forest
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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  

 

 

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