1 - Overview
2 - Introduction to the area
3 - Geology & Climate
Granite
Climate
4 - Vegetation
5 - Forest Types
Vegetation
Tea/Miang Plantations
Forrest Conservation
6 - The Pang Soong Treewalk
7 - Treespecies
Fig Trees
Epiphytes
Saprophytes
Bamboo
Click here for full tree list
8 - Forest Fires

9 - Birds
Observing Birds
10 - Bird Trail Walk
11 - Mammals
Mammals of Northern Thailand
Mammals of Pang Soong
12 - Insects
Introduction
13 - Projects
Observing Birds & Mammals
Watching Birds, makung use of Observations
Identification
Behaviour
Mammals
14 - Biographies of contributing experts

Starting from just above Mae Lai stream where it crosses a tributary, the concrete road leads steeply up the hill to the next village, begins a flora discovery walk where trees and some smaller plants carry discrete numbers you can use together with the following list to learn the scientific names and families of the plants you meet.

The walk begins with a towering leguminous tree marked as No.1 overlooking the Mae Lai stream. It then winds up the slope of the entrance, with trees numbered left and right, then along a foot trail beside a small creek to a spreading Fig tree by a pond. Then we retrace our steps and proceed further towards Pang Soong.

Further on the right Nos. 48 & 49 a Fig (see note on Fig trees) and Bischofia dominate. On the ground near No. 53 a circular concrete marker signifies the property boundary. Under Thai law land within 5 metres of a stream belongs to the people and is not to be deforested for private use.

Proceeding on this first part of the walk takes us to the steps and up through the grounds of the chalet and thence clockwise around the grassy area then back down the walking path and the steps to the stream’s edge with the last tree No. 112.

The sequence then proceeds from No. 113 on the trail east of Pang Soong some 200 metres from the entrance.