Huanan County describes itself as a major forest region, with 2.748 million mu of woodland (about 183,000 hectares), 201,200 mu of wetland and a forest cover rate of 36.3 percent in its investment guide. That page also lists perilla and medicinal-crop cultivation, berry groves, nut orchards and black-fungus production. These figures describe a managed rural economy as well as a landscape. The county presents these products as part of its broader resource profile, linking cultivated crops and forest products to a region whose land is still substantially wooded.
From the journal
Huanan’s Forest Economy: Herbs, Berries and Careful Harvesting
Huanan’s woodlands support a diverse forest economy, from understory planting to berries and mushrooms. Local policy increasingly frames these products through cultivation and protection rather than unrestricted gathering.
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Cultivation rather than a wild remedy
Huanan has promoted perilla as a regional product and medicinal crops as part of its agricultural base. The city describes local perilla cultivation as dating to 1953, initially in small household plots, with large-scale planting beginning in Xinhe village in 1986. The same municipal account lists processors and a range of food and household products made from perilla. The municipal page reports about 100,000 mu of perilla under cultivation and roughly 10,000 tonnes of seed a year, alongside seven processing companies. Those figures help explain why the crop has become a local industry rather than a garden herb.