Cypress

Cypress trees are RELICS of the ICE AGE, a time when global temperatures declined. Plants from high-latitude temperate and frigid zones migrated to low-latitude areas. After the Ice Age ended the temperatures in the low-latitude areas rose again. Temperate- and frigid-zone plants that grew in low-latitude areas gadually dissappeared, leaving only remnants in mid- and high-elevation communities.
Taiwan, a low-latitude island, mostly covered by high mountains, has been able to preserve numerous relict species in it's alpine regions following the end of the Ice Age. Among these are the cypresses of Mount LaLa, 拉拉山
* 拉拉山, La La Shan Forest (Mt. LaLa), Taiwan.