In the rainforest of the Americas, there are a pair of good brothers, the rhinoceros turtle and the big-headed leaf-cutting ant.
This time they flew halfway around the world to visit Hangzhou and experience the natural features of a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest.
Bamboo grove by the creek
A stout branch lay upside down above a forest stream, and the rhinoceros turtle and leaf-cutting ants crossed the river carefully.
At the edge of the bamboo forest, the creek slowly descends along the terrain.
Sit on the rocks by the stream and bask in the sun, full of the green of the bamboo forest.
Dense jungle room
The vegetation here, although not as dense as the American rainforest, is still quite dense. Entering November, it is still full of green eyes.
The sunlight passed through the layers of leaves, spreading into the forest, shining on the back of the long-limbed rhinoceros turtle, already with some warmth.
On the bare rocky surface, the rhinoceros turtle is struggling to climb up.
On a forest trail
The big-headed leaf-cutting ant soon found a clump of green leaves and was ready to use its powerful palate to give the leaf a chic shape.
Osmanthus flowers fall to the ground, the jungle is wafting with a faint fragrance of cinnamon, and large-headed leaf-cutting ants roam the jungle paths.
In the jungle, there are these low plants everywhere, and the leaf-cutting ants seem to like it and lie here and don't want to leave.
By the pond in the afternoon
At noon, the sun was shining, and I sat on the ground by the lake.
Climb up the rocks and see the blue sky and the lake under the green trees, which is very comfortable.
Continue deep into the jungle, a natural pond, perhaps because of the abundance of water vapor, where the trees are particularly lush.
Under the afternoon sun, the deep and light green is very beautiful.
It was getting late and the sun was setting. The long-limbed rhinoceros turtle that was resting by the pond was also going home to rest.
Geography trivia
Rhinoceros longifolia and large-headed leaf-cutting ants mainly inhabit the tropical rainforests of the Americas, with an average monthly temperature of more than 25 °C and an annual precipitation of more than 2000 mm. Therefore, the vegetation is abundant and the community structure is complex.
However, the vegetation is evergreen all year round, generally dark green, and the forest phase is neat. The climate of the distribution area is distinct in four seasons. Affected by the monsoon climate, southeast China is the main distribution area of subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests.
Dream Bagh, bring nature home