Today, one of the most common flowering plants along river banks in northern Taiwan is angel's trumpet, while on dry river beds in central and southern Taiwan swathes of elephant grass (Pennisetum purpureum) from tropical Africa wave in the wind.
青青河畔外來草，北台灣溪流兩岸如今最常見大花曼陀羅搖曳生姿，至於中南部的乾燥河床上，則有來自熱帶非洲的象草拼命迎風招展。