Line drawing (4).
Common Names
Taxonomic notes
Syn: P. brevifolia, P. forrestii, P. gaussenii, P. salvadori Flous 1937, P. wilsoniana Hayata 1915 (1), P. japonica sensu Matsum. & Hayata 1906, non Beissner (4).Description
"A large tree, up to 30 m in height, 200 cm in diameter, the bark thick, corky, deeply fissured into scaly ridges. Leaves flat, linear, slightly curved, 15-25 (-45) mm long, 1-1.5 mm broad, shining green and grooved above, keeled and with 2 whitish bands beneath, the apex emarginate. Mature cones ovoid, 6 cm long, 3-3.5 cm in diameter, the scales concave, thin, 1.5-2 cm long. Seeds winged, 1.5-2 cm long including the wing" (4)."Trunk bark blackish brown, longitudinally fissured, furrows about 0.8 cm. deep, ridges flattened; lenticels inconspicuous; outer bark about 1.2 cm. thick, brown, hard-fibrous, somewhat tiered; newly formed periderm bright-red; inner bark about 0.6 cm. thick, pale brown, fibrous; cambium and newly formed phloem almost inconspicuous. Freshly cut sapwood pale yellowish white to pale apricot yellow, wood rays thready, inconspicuous" (5).
Range
China at up to 3300 m (1). Taiwan: scarce, scattered in the island at altitudes of 800-2500 m, usually mixing with other trees (4). Reported from Hualien, Miaoli, Taichung, and Xinchu Xian at 1400 to 2500 m in (a) broadleaf forest, (b) mixed Tsuga, Chamaecyparis, Pinus and Fagaceae forest; (c) exposed rocky slopes (3).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Reported in Taiwan at the following locations: (a) 121°20'E, 24°35'N; (b) Sheipa National Park 121°12'16"E 24°28'08"N; (c) Yushan National Park at 121°05'40"E, 23°22'48"N; 121°14'34"E, 24°15'40"N; 121°21'06"E, 24°22'30"N (3).Shei-Pa and Yushan National Parks look like good places to see it.
Remarks
Citations
(1) Silba 1986.(2) Cheng & Fu 1987.
(3) Botanical Inventory Of Taiwan.
(4) Li 1975.
(4) Liu 1970 (as P. wilsoniana).
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 3-Jan-1999