Among the old trees in Taiwan, Formosan sweet gums, which often serve as beds for mushroom spores, are favorites for such parasitic plants moss and lichen. Among the precious trees protected by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, there is one old Formosan sweet gum that sits in the middle of a road as a traffic island.
在台灣的老樹中，常被用來做香菇苗床的楓香，就是苔蘚類等寄生植物最愛立足之所。