The rare plants endemic to China are Ginkgo biloba, Adiantum fargesii Lotus Leaf, Isoetes sinensis, Pteris pteridoptera, Pteris pteridoptera, Cycas revoluta, Cycas panzhihuaensis and Cycas formosana. Ginkgo biloba is a plant of Ginkgo, which is only found in Tianmu Mountain, Zhejiang Province, China. It is often mixed with Cryptomeria fortunei, Torreya grandis and Orchidaceae.
Ginkgo trees are beautiful in shape, with light green leaves in spring and summer and yellow leaves in autumn, which can be used as garden trees and street trees. Its structure is thin, light and soft, elastic, easy to process, shiny, not easy to crack and not flexible, so it is an excellent wood.
Pteridium aquilinum is a Chinese fern family, belonging to the genus Pteridium, which is a specialty of western Yunnan, China. It grows on bare rocks or in crevices of scrub rocks at an altitude of 1 100- 1800 meters.
Cycas Panzhihua is a Cycas plant of Cycadaceae, distributed in southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan, China. It grows under evergreen broad-leaved forests or sparse shrubs at an altitude of 1 100-2000m. It has been widely introduced to arboretum, botanical garden and species protection base in southern China, and can be widely used in landscaping, courtyard beautification and urban environment construction, with high ornamental value.
Ten Rare Plants in China: Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Davidia involucrata, Taiwania flousiana, Taxodium ascendens, Alsophila spinulosa, Pinus bungeana, Ginkgo biloba and Kiwifruit.
First, Metasequoia glyptostroboides
There were about 6-7 species of Metasequoia in Mesozoic Cretaceous and Cenozoic, which were considered extinct in the past. 194 1 year, China botanists first discovered this famous ancient and rare tree species in Modaoxi, Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. According to a recent survey, giant trees over 300 years old have been found in Wanxian, Shizhu, Lichuan, Longshan, Sangzhi and other places in Hubei.
Second, Davidia involucrata
Davidia involucrata is a plant left over from Cenozoic Tertiary 654.38 million years ago. During the Quaternary Glacier Period, Davidia involucrata died out in most areas, and only parts of southern China survived. Luoyang Lucheng agriculture has been successfully propagated and planted on a large scale. It has become a living fossil in today's plant world, known as the pigeon tree in China, also known as the pigeon flower tree and water pear. Wild species only grow in Sichuan province in southwest China and Hubei province in central China and its surrounding areas.
Third, camellia chrysantha
Camellia japonica belongs to Camellia, Camellia, Camellia, Camellia and Camellia, and is one of the first-class protected plants in China. The flowers of Camellia chrysantha are golden and dazzling, as if coated with wax, glittering and translucent and oily. Camellia is born alone in the axils of leaves. When flowering, it is cup-shaped, pot-shaped or bowl-shaped, which is beautiful and generous. In the past, people have never seen a golden variety.