Root and shoot (2).
Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Description
Small shrub with long subterranean trunks, horsetail-like shoots to 25 cm tall, 1 mm in diameter. Leaves rudimentary. Cone globose, to 8 mm in diameter, red, soft, with 1-2 brown seeds 6 mm long. Pollination in June, seeds mature in July (2).Range
Russia: southern Siberia, endangered in Ussuriland; Mongolia; China: Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang. In China at 1000-4000 m; in Russia to sea level. Usually found on sandy soils on river banks (1, 2).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
Citations
(1) Missouri Botanical Garden - Flora of China Checklist - Ephedra.(2) S. Harkevich and N. Kachura. 1981. Rare Plant Species of The Soviet Far East and Their Conservation. Nauka, Moscow (in Russian).
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