Phetchabun Flora

Phetchabun

Phetchabun is a province suitable for those who like tranquillity and close to nature. There is a famous tourist destination, Phu Thap Boek, which is the highest peak in the province. It is a popular place for camping tents to experience a cold breeze, watch the first light in the morning and sleep under the stars at night. Among the scenery surrounded by mountains and mist that stretches endlessly, on the way to Phu Thap Boek, there are interesting highlights, which are dazzlingly lined up of several thousand acres of cabbage plantations. Wat Phra That Pha Son Kaew is another highlight, which is characterized by 5 overlapping white Buddha statues, which stand in the midst of mountains. 

Phetchabun (Thai: เพชรบูรณ์, pronounced [pʰét.tɕʰā.būːn]) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) and lies in lower northern Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Loei, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit and Phitsanulok.

Phetchabun is in the lower northern region of Thailand, in the area between the northern and the central region. The province lies in the broad fertile river valley of the Pa Sak River, with mountains of the Phetchabun mountain range to the east and west. The total forest area is 4,013 km² (1,549 sq mi) or 32.5 percent of provincial area.

National parks

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There are ten national parks in region 11 (Phitsanulok) of which four are in Phetchabun province. (Visitors in fiscal year 2024)

Thung Salaeng Luang National Park	1,262 km2(487 sq mi)	(47,395)
Nam Nao National Park	966 km2(373 sq mi)	(26,942)
Khao Kho National Park	483 km2(186 sq mi)	(29,030)
Tat Mok National Park	290 km2(110 sq mi)	(37,902)

Wildlife sanctuaries

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There are six wildlife sanctuaries in region 11 (Phitsanulok) of which two and Phu Luang W.S. in region 8 (Khon Kaen)are in Phetchabun province.

Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary	897 km2(346 sq mi)
Tabo–Huai Yai Wildlife Sanctuary	654 km2(253 sq mi)
Phu Pha Daeng Wildlife Sanctuary	235 km2(91 sq mi)

Phetchabun especially Khao Kho is a place with good weather and cold all year round. Therefore, received the nickname "Switzerland of Thailand".

Thung Salaeng Luang National Park

Thung Salaeng Luang National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติทุ่งแสลงหลวง, RTGS: Utthayan Haeng Chat Thung Salaeng Luang) is a 1,262 square kilometres (487 sq mi) national park in Phitsanulok and Phetchabun Provinces of Thailand. It encompasses substantial portions of Wang Thong and Lom Sak Districts.

^{The park consists of limestone hills, slate and hardpan at altitudes ranging from 300 to 1,028 metres (984 to 3,373 ft), Khao Khae is the highest point in the park.[6] Thung Salaeng Luang is inlaid with meadows, especially in the southern portions of the park. The park is the source of numerous streams. There are large salt licks at Pong Sai in the northwest and Pong Thung Phaya in the southwest. The Wang Thong Riverflows through the park.}

Nam Nao National Park 

(Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติน้ำหนาว, RTGS: Utthayan Haeng Chat Nam Nao) is a protected area in Phetchabun Province in northern Thailand. The park is a large forest filled with pineries, grasslands, and jungle. The park is home to approximately 360 species of birds and 340 species of butterflies. The average annual temperature is 25 degrees Celsius (77°F). Between December and January temperatures drop to as low as 2-5 degrees Celsius (36-41°F).Nam Nao National Park is part of a Level I "tiger conservation unit" (TCU).It encompasses 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi).

Khao Kho National park 

^{(Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาดิเขาค้อ, RTGS: Utthayan Haeng Chat Khao Kho) is located in Lom Kao, Lom Sak, Khao Kho and Mueang Phetchabundistricts in Thailand's Phetchabun province. The national park covers an area of 483 square kilometres (186 sq mi) and was established in 2012.}

^{Landscape is mostly covered by mountains and forests, the height ranged from 155 metres (509 ft) to 1,305 metres (4,281 ft), Khao Kha the highest point in the park. The national park is named after Khao Kho, a mesahigh 1,143 metres (3,750 ft).This part of the Phetchabun mountain range is the origin of the main tributaries of the Pa Sak, Yom and Nan rivers}

Gesneriaceae

Phetchabun province in Thailand is home to several notable plant species belonging to the Gesneriaceae(gesneriad) family, particularly within its national parks and limestone formations. Documented genera and species discovered or recorded in the region include: 

Microchirita tetsanae: ม่วงเทศนา A caulescent succulent herb first described as a new species from material collected at Wat Tham Nam Bang in Mueang Phetchabun (at 130 m elevation). 
Dorcoceras species: Recorded in the shaded, moist habitats of Nam Nao National Park within Phetchabun. 





Chayamaritia species (such as Chayamaritia sirindhorniana): Found inhabiting rich hill evergreen forests in regional border areas including Phetchabun and Phitsanulok provinces. 
Paraboea and Aeschynanthus representatives: Various limestone or epiphytic gesneriads documented during botanical revisions across Northern and North-Eastern Thailand's montane ecosystems.

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Provincial government

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The province is divided into 11 districts (amphoe). These are further divided into 117 subdistricts (tambon) and 1261 villages (muban).

Mueang Phetchabun Chon Daen Lom Sak Lom Kao Wichian Buri Si Thep

Nong Phai Bueng Sam Phan Nam Nao Wang Pong Khao Kho