Thin-winged praying mantis
Brilliant butterfly
Secret point hemp lizard
Big-eared hedgehog
In early summer, with longing and doubt, the reporter followed the experts into the Helan Mountain National Nature Reserve, which spans the two vegetation areas of temperate grassland and desert, and hiked along the mountain road, while watching the mountain scenery, listening to the explanation, personally experiencing and witnessing the ecological picture presented here.
Flowers can be seen everywhere in the mountains. Reporter Hai Kun /Photo
In the past 20 years, Helan Mountain has been the most beautiful year
"You have come to the right time, this year is the most beautiful year in the past 20 years, The Most Beautiful Scenery of Helan Mountain." At the Helan Mountain Pass of helan mountain reserve, the reporter received the first surprise, this surprise came from Li Jianping, the old station manager of the ranger station, who told reporters that although the vegetation of Helan Mountain has recovered year by year since the closure of the mountain in 2003 and the prohibition of grazing, this year's scenery is the most beautiful, "the wildflowers that spread over the mountain make people can't bear to get down." ”
With this expectation, we marched towards Helan Mountain. About 3 kilometers from the ranger station, just a short distance away from the base of the mountain saw red, yellow, all kinds of contiguous landforms, as if painted with color, each of which has hundreds of acres. How can the mountains here have colors? When he got closer, the reporter found that the red and yellow in front of him were all colors from flowers, among them, there were yellow flowers and tiencelias, rabbit lip flowers... These flowers, it seems that there is little difference, but there are many kinds, even Li Jianping, who has worked here for many years, cannot identify them one by one.
Li Jianping pointed to the vegetation along the way and told reporters that the most common at the base of the mountain is the grass family, followed by the Asteraceae family. "Due to last year's winter snow and this year's spring rain, the grasses and Asteraceae in the mountains are growing very well."
What made the reporter happy was that he saw a well-grown Wenguan fruit tree in the territory of the Helan Mountain Forest Ditch. It is rare for this plant to survive in desert and semi-desert areas. The reporter saw that this piece of Wenguan fruit tree grew continuously on the slope of the mountain near the east of the valley, and there were more than 500 trees. The trunk is strangely flattened and round, the center of the tree is red, the fruit is black, resembling a walnut, the skin is thick and hard, and the shell automatically bursts when it matures. In fact, such surprises are distributed in various ditches in Helan Mountain, such as the Mongolian almond group at the mouth of the rolling bell, the cherry ditch in Suyukou, the purple flower ditch and the jade lilac group in the dry ditch.
In the flowers and meadows, there is a world of insects
Walking in the Helan Mountain Reserve, you must follow the path left by the animals, because when you walk into the wildflowers and meadows, you may have completed a "killing" process, where a world of insects is hidden.
Insects are a large variety of species and shapes, belonging to the arthropods of invertebrates, are the largest animal group on the planet, accounting for more than 50% of all biological species, and their tracks are almost everywhere in the world. Helan Mountain is no exception.
In the Wicker Ditch of Helan Mountain, the reporter saw dozens of species of insects, even the common butterflies, dragonflies here there are many species, if it is not a professional introduction, you do not know what they are called. Some of them have a protective color, some have a warning color, and many insects can change themselves into other shapes, or imitate some species with the characteristics of not being attacked in appearance, there is a kind of caterpillar that looks like a wasp, in fact, it is a bee fly, it only uses the appearance of a horse bee to avoid predators; some insects often mix into the environment similar to their own body color for foraging and other activities, even if the enemy is close, it is difficult to detect their presence. For example, locusts often mingle in grasses similar to their body color, where they sing without hesitation, but many predators have difficulty spotting them.
"Not all insects survive on prevention, and some of them often feed on poisonous plants and store their sap in their bodies. The body of these insects will show several yellow or black or color combinations (such as black yellow, black red, etc.). ”
Red deer, weasels, golden eagles, "inhabitants" of the mountains
Most people living in Yinchuan have seen a group of animals that cross the mountains in scenic spots such as Suyukou and Helan Mountain Rock Paintings, and they are Helan Mountain Rock Sheep. Deep in the mountains, we've been keeping an eye on them.
"You see this is a tree where red deer and rock sheep have eaten." In a gray elm forest in Gangou, ranger Ha Bin pointed to several branches that had been eaten by animals and told reporters that because the gray elm was small and widely distributed, it was deeply loved by red deer and rock sheep. Although flocks of rock sheep can often be seen in scenic spots such as Suyukou and Helan Mountain rock paintings, in the depths of Helan Mountain, rock sheep are not easy to find, along the trail, occasionally in the ravine far away to see a few, and when they slowly approach, they have long been insightful, instantly disappeared into the cliff. Ha Bin told reporters that all kinds of animals in the mountains rarely see people, and their vigilance is extremely high, and it is generally not easy to get close to them.
"In helan mountain, in addition to rock sheep, the most common is the red deer, but the red deer is more alert, even if we patrol the mountains all year round, we can't see a few a year." Ha Bin held a red antler that was picked up during the mountain patrol and told reporters that this horn was naturally shed, and it was also a blessing to be able to pick it up. During the two days in the Helan Mountains, the reporter never found the red deer, although they left traces everywhere in the mountains.
Although a little disappointed, this disappointment was quickly driven away by the appearance of other elves in the mountains. For example, all kinds of weasels appear at any time in the wildflowers, all kinds of birds in the jungle, and desert sand lizards that jump out at any time to scare you. In the depths of Helan Mountain, the reporter also saw rare golden eagles, which were like loyal guards, patrolling their territory in the sky, very majestic.
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