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Pigeons very tall tree, every spring, the branches grow huge bracts, usually 二枚 bracts on each peduncle, initially as a touch of green, gradually becomes milky, from afar, like off the full dove tree, hence the name "dove tree."
About dove tree, folk still circulating such a story: the Han Wang Zhaojun, Hu and Han and good order, and resolutely Frontier Huhanye Chanyu married. She remembered the night of the home in different places, let her pass book messenger pigeons. Pigeons fly through the clouds and fog Wang Zhaojun's hometown - Hubei Zigui. Ten million messenger pigeon, perched in a tree, into white flowers, dove into the tree.
Name: involucrata
Category: Trees
Alias: Water pears, dove tree Family: involucrata Division
Latin name: davidia involucrata
Habits
Like growth at an altitude of 700 to 1,600 meters in the mountains the clouds, require larger air humidity.
Morphology
Deciduous trees. Leaves alternate, paper, broadly ovate, sharp serrated edge. Flowers polygamous, by a majority of male and bisexual flowers flower flower heads composed of top students. Flowering from April to May. Flower shape pigeon wings, large white bracts like the wings of a dove, dark red flower heads such as the head of a dove, green, yellow banana column picture pigeon beak, perched like pigeons when Ilex group full bloom, is the world's hailed as "Chinese dove tree." Drupe fleshy, oval or rectangular-shaped oval table purple, brown spots. Fruit of September to October.
Captive breeding
With sowing, cuttings and layering. Sown on Oct. harvest fresh fruit, after stratification, the seeds were washed with water and mix with ash or lime, then play at 3cm ~ 5cm deep trench. Seedling stage scaffolding needed shade and keep the seedbed moist. Softwood cuttings is appropriate to make cuttings in May to July proceed. Hypertension can be carried out in the spring branches robust annual base. After transplanting seedlings should be next spring before the leaves or buds sprout. Can not hurt lifter root bark and buds, these long lateral, lateral branches can be properly trimmed, requiring a large flat bottom hole when planting, seedlings are root development and root given enough irrigation water. Value
Landscape Uses
Involucrata is world famous precious ornamental tree, often planted in the pool, creek and nursing homes, hotels, near the exhibition hall, and a symbolic peace.
Geographic distribution
Mainly in the Southwest China, at an elevation of 700 to 2,500 meters into the mountain forests. Especially Emei and Leibo, horses and other counties in Sichuan side is most concentrated. Shennongjia in Hubei, Guizhou Fanjing, Zhangjiajie, Hunan and other places in northeastern Yunnan Tin Ping Shan and have scattered.
Conservation value
Deciduous trees. Flowers odd color beauty, is 10 million years ago, leaving the Cenozoic Tertiary relict plant, in the fourth glacial period, dove in most areas have become extinct, and only in some areas of southern China survived to become a plant circles today's "living fossil." There are "living fossil plant," said the eight kinds of a national key protected plants treasures, precious treasure for our unique ornamental plants, but also the production of fine wood carvings, precious quality wood furniture, flower shape resembles its wings to fly The pigeons were western botanist named "Chinese dove tree."
Involucrata is world famous precious ornamental tree, often planted in the pool, creek and nursing homes, hotels, near the exhibition hall, and a symbolic peace. Heavy material, is building the finest timber, can be made for carving furniture and materials.
Habitat and Distribution
In China, dove is widely distributed, Guizhou Fanjing, Shennongjia in Hubei, Sichuan Emei, etc. have grown at an altitude of 700 meters Sangzhi at Tin Ping Shan, also found on the acres of pure dove forest, which is currently found in the most concentrated areas dove. Since 1869 involucrata was found in four 川穆 floor, dove States has for the introduction, that it has become a favorite among peoples precious ornamental tree.
The geographical distribution of species in Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places. In areas should be strengthened to protect the mother tree, and actively carry out the introduction and cultivation. |
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