The primeval forest is over 18 hectares wide, in which mainly old iron trees with a diameter of 2-3 people are located in the middle of a residential area in Hau Thanh commune (Yen Thanh, Nghe An).

Thap mountain special-use forest is located in the center of Hau Thanh commune, surrounded by residential areas and paved roads on four sides.

The forest is more than 18 hectares wide, with more than 100 species with many precious trees such as ironwood, mahogany, rosemary, etc., most of which are green iron. Animals in the forest are quite a few due to living near residential areas, mainly birds, squirrels, frogs, and frogs.

According to a survey by the government, the forest has hundreds of ironwood trees, many of which are trunks of 2-3 people. The estimated age of trees is more than 300 years.

Previously, the commune government directly managed the forest, but from 2017 it was transferred to the district forestry.

Mr. Mai Huy Chan, 61, a forestry officer in Hau Thanh commune, who has been directly protecting forests for 21 years, said that there has never been an illegal logging situation in the past decades. Local people consider the forest as the green lung of the village, so everyone has a sense of protection.

Green ironwood tree is about 30 m high, round body, brown bark with many nodules located in the middle of the forest.

One meter from the ground, the trunk of an iron tree has a circumference of 3.1 meters and a diameter of more than one meter.https://2c73adf7b073c6a3e834a79c6c4e2391.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

The root of a hollowed iron tree can get through.

In Vietnam, green iron is classified as precious wood, belonging to group II. On this occasion, the iron is ripe, the rind opens, and the seeds fall to the ground.

Under the canopy of ancient ironwood trees, young ironwood grows a lot.

Nestled at the edge of the forest is the Ca temple built out of wood hundreds of years ago. On Tet holiday, local people often come here to smell smoke.

The path around the forest every day Mr. Chan goes to check. The slope in this forest is not too great.

Besides iron, many other precious trees are also decades old. “Every year, mass organizations participate in clearing and clearing vegetation to prevent forest fires in the hot season. The locality determines that the forest is an invaluable asset, like the treasure left by our ancestors in the past, focus on protection,” said Mr. Nguyen Hong Chinh, Chairman of Hau Thanh commune. Follow vnexpress