Taipei, Feb. 22 (CNA) Nearly 90 centimeters of snow has fallen in the glacial cirques area of Xueshan (雪山), Taiwan's second highest mountain, since the arrival of the first cold snap of the winter over the weekend, Shei-Pa National Park Headquarters said Tuesday.
Scientists have discovered a new plant indigenous to Taiwan after correcting a previous identification error, the Shei-pa National Park Headquarters said on Friday.
The scientists have named the thistle Cirsium taiwanense Y. H. Tseng & Chih Y. Chang, after members of the National Chung Hsing University (NCHU) research team that discovered the flower in collaboration with the national park.
The newly classified plant has spider web-like hairs on the back of its leaves and was previously misidentified as a thistle discovered by Japanese botanist Shiro Kitamura, the headquarters said.
During its monthly field trips to the park, the research team discovered subtle differences
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