A Chinese Mountain Trek. Edinburgh Botanic Gardens
A Chinese Mountain Trek.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has the largest collection of Chinese plants outside of China.
Much of their recent work has been carried out on the Yulong Xue Shan (Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) in Yunnan, southwest China
At 5596m in height, this mountain is four times higher than Ben Nevis, and over 15 times taller than the Empire State Building.
The plants on this hillside were all collected by RBGE and their partners an expeditions to wild plant habitats. The hillside gives you an idea of the plants you'd find as you travelled up a Chinese mountain. Each of the main vegetation zones - foothill, shrub and alpine-are represented by selected species. The size of each zone has been scaled down dramatically from what you'd find on an actual mountain trek. In real life the journey you are about to take would involve a major hike; oxygen levels would decrease as you climbed higher; temperatures would plummet and you might start experiencing nausea and headaches as altitude sickness took effect.
A Chinese Mountain Trek. Edinburgh Botanic Gardens
A Chinese Mountain Trek.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) has the largest collection of Chinese plants outside of China.
Much of their recent work has been carried out on the Yulong Xue Shan (Jade Dragon Snow Mountain) in Yunnan, southwest China
At 5596m in height, this mountain is four times higher than Ben Nevis, and over 15 times taller than the Empire State Building.
The plants on this hillside were all collected by RBGE and their partners an expeditions to wild plant habitats. The hillside gives you an idea of the plants you'd find as you travelled up a Chinese mountain. Each of the main vegetation zones - foothill, shrub and alpine-are represented by selected species. The size of each zone has been scaled down dramatically from what you'd find on an actual mountain trek. In real life the journey you are about to take would involve a major hike; oxygen levels would decrease as you climbed higher; temperatures would plummet and you might start experiencing nausea and headaches as altitude sickness took effect.