Located in the east of Shandong Province, adjacent to Yantai in the north and Qingdao in the south, it has been the "hinterland of Jiaodong" since ancient times; This is a hilly area with gentle hills and ravines. It belongs to temperate monsoon climate; It governs 5 streets, 13 towns, with a total area of 1732 square kilometers. In 20021year, the total resident population of Laiyang city was 7910.4 million.
Laiyang city, the name comes from "the sun rises in the east". In ancient times, it was called "Changyang" and "Changguang", also known as "Pear City" and "Dragon City". Laiyang pear has become a specialty because of its unique climate and soil conditions, and is known as "Pear Town of China". The first dinosaur fossil in New China was found here, which is known as "the hometown of dinosaurs in China". Laiyang has been called "the hometown of calligraphy" and "the hometown of calligraphy" since ancient times, and a number of patriotic literati have emerged.
Laiyang animal and plant resources:
The territory belongs to the warm temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest area, which is rich in plant resources. According to the preliminary investigation, there are 1446 species of plant resources. There are 54 families, 9 subfamilies, 99 genera 172 species, 3 1 variety, 3 varieties and 206 species. There are 2 17 ancient trees over 60 ~ 100 years old in the city, belonging to 26 families, 26 genera and 3 1 species, and distributed in 78 villages in 17 towns and streets of the city. There are 18 families, 19 genera and 20 rare tree species. There are 742 species of herbs in 120 families.
There are 498 varieties of crops. The vegetable varieties are 17 1. Among wild economic plants, there are more than 200 species with medicinal and edible value. Due to the long history of agricultural reclamation, the original vegetation has long been destroyed. As far as vegetation status is concerned, there are many coniferous forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in mountainous and hilly areas, which are characterized by dense vegetation and complex species.