What level of protected plant is the latest yew?
Taxus, also known as Yew, Selaginella officinalis, Platycladus orientalis, Taxus chinensis, Guanyin Taxus, etc., is a yew tree of the Taxus family. Because of its slow growth rate and poor regeneration ability under natural conditions, for a long time, a large-scale yew raw material forest base has not been formed in the world, so let's take a look at how many grades of protective plants Taxus is.
What level of protective plant is the yew?
China's first-class rare and protected tree species. Taxus is recognized as a natural rare anticancer plant on the verge of extinction in the world. It has a history of 2.5 million years after the ancient tree species left over from Quaternary glaciers. In 1994, the yew was designated as a first-class rare and endangered protected plant by China, and it was also called a "national treasure" by 42 countries around the world with yew. Logging was also banned by the United Nations, making it a veritable "plant giant panda".
Where is the producing area of yew distributed?
Taxus is endemic to China, occurring in southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, Sichuan, northeastern and southeastern Yunnan, western and southeastern Guizhou, western Hubei, northeastern Hunan, northern Guangxi and southern Anhui (Huangshan). It is often grown in the upper mountains above 1000-1200 meters above sea level, and is cultivated in Lushan, Jiangxi Province. Taxus mairei is found in southern Anhui, Zhejiang, Taiwan, Fujian, Jiangxi, northern Guangdong, northern and northeastern Guangxi, Hunan, western Hubei, western Henan, southern Shaanxi, southern Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou and northeastern Yunnan. Its vertical distribution is generally lower than that of Taxus mairei, and it is often born below 1000-1200 meters above sea level in most provinces.
What are the species of Taxus in China?
1. Northeast yew: northeast yew, also known as yew, red cypress pine, rice tree, broad-leaf yew, Japanese yew, etc., up to 20 meters high, breast diameter up to 1 meter, reddish brown bark, branches spreading or obliquely erect, persistent bud scales at the base of branchlets. The leaves are arranged in irregular two rows, extending obliquely upward. Seeds purplish red, glossy, ovoid. The flowering period is from May to June and the seeds are mature from September to October. It is produced in Laoyeling, Zhangguangcailing and Changbai Mountains in Jilin Province. It is cultivated in Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other provinces, and is also distributed in Japan, Korea and the Soviet Union.
2. Yunnan yew: Yunnan yew, also known as southwest yew, up to 20 meters high, dioecious. Luxuriant branches and leaves, strong vitality. Bark grayish brown, grayish purple or lavender brown, split into scalelike flakes. The leaves are thin and soft, lanceolate or lanceolate, often falcate. The seed is born in a fleshy cup-shaped aril, ovoid, navel oval, and aril red at maturity. Found in northwestern and western Yunnan, southwestern Sichuan and southeastern Xizang, born in the mountains of 2000-3500 m above sea level, and also distributed in Bhutan and northern Myanmar.
3. Xizang yew: Xizang yew, also known as Himalayan yew, annual branches green, striped leaves, thick texture. Dioecious, globose solitary leaf axils, male globose, with numerous spirally arranged stamens, shortly pedicellate, female flowers almost sessile. Seeds mature, nutlike, columnar-oblong, born in fleshy, red, cup-shaped aril. Xizang endemic tree species, for the national Ⅰ key protected wild plants, distributed in Afghanistan, Nepal and Chinese mainland Xizang and other places.
4. Taxus chinensis: Taxus chinensis is endemic to China, distributed in southern Gansu, southern Shaanxi, western Hubei, Sichuan and other places. Central China is mostly found in the undisturbed environment above 1000 meters in the upper part of the mountain. South and southwest regions are mostly found in mountain deciduous broad-leaved forests ranging from 1500m to 3000m, relatively concentrated in the Hengduan Mountains and the mountains around Sichuan Basin, and also distributed in northern Guangxi, eastern Guizhou and southern Hunan. It is listed as a first-class key protected plant in our country.
5. Taxus mairei: the bark of Taxus chinensis var. mairei is grayish, split longitudinally into thin strips, the tip of bud scales is obtuse or slightly pointed, shedding or partly persistent at the base of branchlets. Seeds Obovate or columnar-long-ovate, 7-8 mm long, usually wider distally, born in red fleshy cup-shaped aril. Seeds can be squeezed oil, bark contains tannin, wood can be used as wood, distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River Basin and Henan and Shaanxi, Nanjing and Shanghai are cultivated, national first-class key protected wild plants.
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What are the characteristics of the latest pine trees?
The pine tree belongs to the genus Pinus of the pine family, which is not only of many species, but also widely distributed, with whorled branches, long internodes, thin, straight or slightly curving branchlets, long clusters of needles, and its crown looks loose. Its pine word is a visual description of its crown characteristics.
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Can the latest yew purify the air?
Taxus chinensis has a very broad development prospect in landscaping and indoor bonsai. The bonsai shape of Taxus mairei treated by dwarfing technology is simple and elegant, its branches and leaves are compact but not dense, stretched but not loose, and its ornamental value is very high. It also has a very good net.
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