China's most endangered plants of six

Baishanzu Abiesbeshanzuensis Abies

Pinaceae Abies in 1987, the International Commission for the conservation of the species listed as it's the world's most endangered 12 species of plants.

At present in the natural distribution area only five strains of forest trees, a weak, a bad growth.

PuTuo hornbeam Carpinusputoensis

Birch, hornbeam is

Deciduous trees, up to 14 meters, diameter 70 cm.

In addition to the only plant specimen tree, then no longer have found elsewhere. Currently, Hangzhou Botanical Garden has grown successfully.

Knee Bhesasinensis handle wood

Celastraceae knee lever wood is an endangered species.

Half evergreens, 13 m, diameter 60 cm; bark Brown, has developed a plate-type root. Origin HEBU only save a few trees, flowering and fruiting.

Villi Gleditsia japonica gleditsia

Legume Acacia is an endangered species.

Deciduous trees, 15-20 meters. Hunan original old trees 5 strains, are only 2 lines. Natural update capabilities very weak, artificial propagation of seed and seedling rates are relatively low.

Claw Maple Acer yangjuechi

Aceraceae Maple is a deciduous tree, height 15 m.

Only distributed in Zhejiang West tianmu mountain range of West tianmu mountain outside bends saw two strains, growth has been declining. Seed infertility rate high, natural regeneration capacity is weak. In danger of extinction.

Alsophila Alsophila spinulosa

Cyatheaceae spinulosa case stem diameter is 10-20 cm, height 1-m, up to 10 meters above the sea level.

Today's Siamese only in China's Guizhou, Sichuan, Guangdong and other places have a distribution that is China's level of rare and endangered plants.

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