line drawing
Line drawing (3).

foliage photograph
Foliage on a tree in the Seattle arboretum. Image height 25 cm [C.J. Earle].

bark photograph
Bark on the above tree. Image width 25 cm [C.J. Earle].

Cunninghamia konishii Hayata

Common Names

China-fir.

Taxonomic notes

Syn: C. lanceolata var. konishii (1).

Description

Tree "up to 50 m in height and up to 2.5 m in diameter. Needles shorter and narrower than in C. lanceolata. Cones up to 2.5 cm long" (4).

Range

Taiwan, e.g. Miaoli Xian: Kuanwu. Specimens collected from cultivated trees. Elev 2000 m. Xinchu Xian: Wufeng Hsiang: Shihlu Village. Secondary broadleaf forest. 121:19:15E, 24:05:52N. Elevation 1485-1565 m. At edge of Cryptomeria plantation. Tree ca. 2 m tall; cones immature, green. Ilan Xian: Tatung Xiang: Chilanshan. near the river valley by 170 forest Rd. 1/2 K. Elevation 1800 m. In Cunninghamia konishii cut over forest. Tree ca. 70 cm dbh (2).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) Botanical Inventory Of Taiwan.
(3) Li 1975.
(4) Vidakovic 1991.

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/cu/cun/konishii.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 21-Dec-98

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