Do you know Davidia involucrata? This kind of flower is as white as snow and attracts more than that.

Davidia involucrata is a deciduous tree belonging to the blue fruit family. It originally grew in Sichuan and Hubei provinces of China, and was rated as a national first-class key protected plant. In some places, it is called pigeon flower, pigeon tree and water pear. Today, let's take a look at the characteristics of this state-protected tree. Let's get to know it together.

First, growth habits

Davidia involucrata flowers are generally born at an altitude of more than 1500, and belong to broad-leaved deciduous trees. Their growth environment is relatively high in humidity, and the sun is not strong. From this, it can be seen that if it does not grow well in a dry environment where there is no rain and wind for many days. Most of the media in the altitude area where they grow are acidic and thick, so Davidia involucrata flowers are not resistant to drought, barren and can not grow in alkaline soil.

The growth of Davidia involucrata seedlings is very slow, and like to be in a cool and humid environment, so the shade is a good growth environment, wait for the plant to grow into a tree, like to receive some light. From the mountain where it grows, we can see that the soil layer is relatively thick, and it contains a lot of slope deposits.

When is the florescence?

Davidia involucrata flowers usually bloom in April, late spring and early summer is when it blossoms, its flowering period can reach a month long, the color of its flowers is beige white, looks like a pigeon from a distance, so some people call it a pigeon tree. Davidia involucrata flowers from budding to withering, its color will gradually change, the flowers of this tree, slowly bloom and slowly change color, colorful appearance can be presented on a tree, so it has the laudatory name of "one tree change".

III. Level of protection

Davidia involucrata is a species survived from ancient tropical departments, is one of the eight key protected green plants in China, is a very precious green plant, generally self-planting is relatively few, it is not easy to see the strange light in nature. What's more, under the constant destruction of nature, many wild green plants are threatened, not to mention Davidia involucrata. Its number is even less, ah, if it were not for the state to introduce protection measures, perhaps this breed would no longer exist.

4. The areas where they grow today

Davidia involucrata still exists in China, and is scattered in various regions of China, of which the province with the largest number is Sichuan, and the others grow in Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Chongqing, Guangdong and other mountains.

After looking at the above characteristics, what do you know about Davidia involucrata? Have any friends ever seen what Davidia involucrata looks like when it blossoms? Doesn't it look unforgettable?