Seeing everyone looking at themselves curiously,

The running mountain master didn't sell it for a reason, and said with a smile: "It's a leg of mutton, a fresh leg of mutton, enough for us to eat for a day!"

Hearing that Sparrowhawk actually brought a leg of mutton to everyone, the members of the expedition team were very happy, and then looked at Sparrowhawk's eyes full of joy.

"Haha, I didn't expect our logistics support for this expedition to be so good, even the Air Force has it. ”

"Not only does it have an air force, it can also airdrop supplies!!"

The professors all smiled and said that with such a good thing, everyone is like having a drone, even if there is any accident, they can quickly contact the outside of the mountain to find support, so the experts of the expedition team laughed happily.

At noon, everyone was quite satisfied with the lunch

The mushroom and vegetable soup, coupled with the mutton shabu, is really delicious.

If it weren't for the fact that we had to continue to go deep into the mountains in the afternoon, it is estimated that everyone would be reluctant to stop.

"Master Running Mountain, how far are we from the Alder Forest?" After eating, Professor Dong asked Lord Running Mountain.

"It's not very far, I guess we'll be there around four o'clock in the afternoon!" said with a smile after taking a sip of the delicious mushroom and mutton soup.

Hearing the words of the running mountain master, everyone nodded reassuringly, since the running mountain master said so, then everyone will definitely be able to get there today.

This time we went into the mountains not only to inspect the Siberian tigers,

There are also alder forests and silver fir trees in Qinglong Mountain, and it would be great if you had the opportunity to meet other rare wild animals and plants.

For example, the rare orchids encountered today, as well as the legendary disappearing 'Moon Goddess Butterfly', especially the discovery of the 'Moon Goddess Butterfly', has overturned the academic community's conclusion that the Moon Goddess Butterfly has been extinct, and this huge discovery will surely cause a sensation to the entire insect research community, especially the experts who study butterflies.

On the first day, everyone's destination was the alder forest, which is located on the west side of the Qinglong Mountains.

You have to get there before the evening, otherwise you will be delayed.

"Let's go, let's go as soon as possible!"

After resting for about half an hour, everyone packed up their things, extinguished the fire on the ground, picked up their luggage, and continued to move deeper into the mountain.

Winding mountain roads, strange rocky valleys, and wet swamps, everyone crossed the mountains and mountains, crossed one obstacle after another, and unswervingly ran towards the alder forest.

"Has Xiao Feng ever seen the alder?" When everyone was resting halfway, Professor Zhou asked Zhang Feng with a smile.

"I've never seen it before!" Zhang Feng shook his head, although he had heard of the name Alder, he knew only about it.

"Hehe, alder, this is one of the few first-class protected plants in our Guizhou Province, and there are also many ...... in the Grand Canyon area of Tibet Province."

Then Professor Zhou smiled and introduced the basic knowledge of alder to Zhang Feng and the police.

Alder is also known as snake wood, which is a fern of the family A. spinulaceae and the genus A. spinula, and is known as the 'king of ferns'.

Alder is a fern that can grow into a large tree, also known as a 'tree fern'. The stem of alder is erect, hollow, like a pen holder, and the leaves are arranged in a spiral shape at the tip of the stem.

It is the only woody fern that has been discovered, which is extremely precious and can be called a national treasure, and is listed as an endangered plant under first-class protection by many countries, and is known as a 'living fossil'.

Alder is an ancient fern that can be used for crafts and traditional Chinese medicine, and is a great ornamental tree for gardens.

Alder is one of the very few woody species. Born in the shade of forests or streams, it is produced in Chishui and southern parts of Tibet and Qian provinces in Chinese mainland, and is also distributed in some parts of Asia.

"Ah, alders are ferns??"

Zhang Feng was surprised, he used to think that alder was similar to banana banana, but he didn't expect it to be such a low-end plant as a fern.

"Hehe, that's of course ......" Hearing Zhang Feng's words, Professor Zhou smiled and continued to explain to everyone.

In the green plant kingdom, ferns are a lower group of higher plants.

However, in ancient geological times, most of the ferns were tall trees, and later due to the changes of the continent, most of them were buried deep underground and turned into coal.

Most of the plants that live on Earth today are relatively small herbaceous plants, and only a few woody species have survived, and alder is one of them.

"So that's the case!!" After listening to Professor Zhou's introduction, everyone suddenly realized,

I didn't think that the ferns that are now dilapidated were once brilliant, and the coal buried in the ground now has ferns that have changed.

After resting for a while

Everyone continued to set off, and after two or three hours of difficult trekking, at half past four in the afternoon, everyone finally arrived at the destination of the legendary alder forest!

"Have you seen it, the alder is there!" said to everyone, pointing to the green woods in front of him.

It's so high!

When Zhang Feng saw it, he couldn't help but exclaim in his heart, it was the first time he had seen such a tall fern.

Zhang Feng visually inspected it, the tallest alder should be six or seven meters, this is too tall, no wonder it is called the king of ferns, according to Zhang Feng, this should be the rich and handsome among ferns!

Also known as the tree fern, the alder can reach a height of up to 8 meters. Because it is the only remaining woody fern today, it is extremely precious, so it is listed as a class of key protected plants by the state.

In appearance, the alder resembles a coconut tree, with a cylindrical trunk, erect and straight, and many large, long pinnate compound leaves growing on the top of the tree, which hang in all directions, and if its leaves are turned upside down, you can see many sporangia on the back. There are many spores growing in the sporangia.

Alder has no flowers, of course, it does not bear fruit, and it has no seeds, and it relies on these spores to reproduce.

Seeing where the alder was, everyone couldn't help cheering, put down their backpacks, and was excited to run ahead.

The running mountain master and the police hurriedly followed, worried about what danger everyone encountered, because in such a dense forest, there may be dangerous animals lurking at any time, such as poisonous snakes, leeches and so on.

Although the professors were excited, they were not novices, and they were very skillful in walking, and no one was holding a branch in their hands, tapping on the front and around as they walked, to ensure that they were moving forward safely.

After Zhang Feng reacted, he quickly followed with Da Hei and Xiao Hei.

As soon as everyone came to the alder forest, they immediately started their work.

Everyone cooperated with each other, some measured the diameter at breast height, some recorded the number, and some turned on the camera to shoot the entire alder forest.

The professors were immersed in the joy of discovering the alder, everyone worked selflessly, Zhang Feng and Pao Shanye and a few policemen were closely guarding the surroundings to ensure the safety of the experts.