Taiwan's false cypresses mainly grow at elevations from 1300 to 2600 meters, in areas of abundant rainfall. They are places of much rain but little wind year round, and are often shrouded in clouds, so that the forests are also known as cloud forests.
台灣檜木林主要生長在一千三百到二千六百公尺海拔，是台灣降雨量最高的集水區，終年雨大風小，雲霧籠罩，又稱為霧林帶。