Look!The most endangered plant in the world: Bailian Zuki Full Fruit!

Look at it, there are Bailing Zu Liangshan fir balls, known as "plant living fossils" and "plant giant panda"! In front of the Baishanzu Management Station of the Bailian Zuyuan Park, there are several balls of the Bai Shanzu fir in the 1980s. Emerald green balls revealed their heads in the coniferous, and then looked at the ball fruit. The shape was long and round and full.

Bailian Zuki is a national first -level key protection wild plant. It is listed as one of the 12 most endangered plants in the world. It is known as "plant living fossils" and "plant giant panda". At present, there are only three wild and mature plants in the world. In the bright leaf water green gauge forest on the west side of the Baishan Zuzu area on the Qingyuan area of ​​Bailian Zuyuan District, these three wild Bailian ancestors have 160- 190 years old.

Photo by Chen Shiping

According to records, in 1963, Wu Mingxiang, a professor -level senior engineer in Qingyuan County, and others discovered 8 firs that are not the same as ordinary fir. In 1976, these flescs were officially named Bai Shanzu Dashi, which was the first in China. Cloak fir named by man. Later, 5 plants were died due to the impact of floods, transplants to other botanical gardens, wild animals, etc. By 1987, there were only 3 trees left in the wild fir in the Bailian ancestral fir, which became "the most rare coniferous tree in the world". In 1987, Bai Shanzu Di Shan was listed as one of the twelve most endangered plants in the world by the International Nature Conservation Alliance Species.

Ye Guanghua Photo

The ancestral fir of Bailian is a plant of the pine family. The coniferous leaf is green, the apex is depressed, the leaves are about 3 mm wide, and the length is different. It is understood that the breeding capacity of the Bailian Zu Zhi Shan is extremely poor, and there are few blooming opportunities. On average, it will only be blossomed once in 5-6 years. Generally, it will bloom in April to May, and the ball is mature in November.

According to reports, Bailianzu's fir, female and female, and the spread of wind media, females grow above the branches; male flowers are yellow -brown, shape is clustered, and grows under the branches. The ancestral ball fruit is actually female flowers. When the seeds are mature, the wooden scales of the ball fall off. The uniqueness of the Bailing Zu Lao Shan is that after the fruit scales fell in winter, the fruit shaft left did not wither.

The Bailing Zu Di Shan is the "Treasure of Zhenyuan" in the Bailian Zuyuan area. It is of great significance to explore the occurrence and evolution of the ancient plant area of ​​the earth's biological circle and the ancient plant area of ​​the southeast of my country, as well as the changes in ancient geology and climate.

Article Source: Baishanzu National Park

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