Meanwhile, in the eyes of botanists and forestry researchers, the Taiwan red pine and the Formosan alder (Alnus formosana), both of which are "pioneer plants," form a superb team under Taiwan's most adverse geological conditions, for they are usually the first green plants to appear on landslip scars or on land which has been scorched by fire.
至於植物、森林學者眼中的二葉松，被稱為「先驅樹種」，在台灣地質最極端的逆境裡，二葉松與赤楊組成最佳拍檔，常是崩塌地與火災後的焦土上，最先出現的綠色植物。