In the countryside south of Hsinchu, at elevations from 200 to 2500 meters above sea level, Taiwan red pines are everywhere. Leave the freeway at any exit and drive up to any of the recreation areas at which busy Taiwanese like to rest and recuperate, and you can see how the Tai wan red pines are just as feisty as the people of Taiwan themselves, and are everywhere trying to expand their territory.
車過新竹後，台灣郊野海拔兩百到兩千五百公尺山地都見得到二葉松，由任一個交流道而下，在各個忙碌台灣人休息養神的遊憩區裡，二葉松與台灣人一樣鬥志旺盛，隨時企圖擴張它的領域。