Because tender shoots often sprout up near the roots of a tree that has been chopped down--shoots that may grow into a tree as high as the mother tree--researchers at the Forestry Institute have brought back some of the shoots for cuttage and experimentation. The survival rate is high and prospects encouraging.
由於山上牛樟母樹被砍伐後，根頭旁常冒出萌蘗，日後也能長的如母樹般蒼鬱聳天，去年林試所育林系人員就設法上山取根部的嫩枝芽進行扦插，結果存活率很高，前景看來欣欣向榮。