Samar island still has some of the largest unfragmented tracts of lowland forest in the Philippines. Forest remaining cover is about 360,000 ha. About 120,000 ha are still called "Old Growth Forest". 2,400 species were flowers, 400 are endemic to the Phippines and another 400 are only known to Samar. There are 12 species of trees and other plants which among them are orchids and ferns, which are internationally rated as threatened. Their rainforest is known as Dipterocarp-forest in which endangered species like Lawaan, Yakal, Mayapis and others.
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