Ji'nan discovered natural ancient trees group of over 300 years old Platycladus orientalis small village
24, located in the baijiayu mountain, West Ying Town, Shandong Province, is found by the garden department. The main tree species is the ancient Platycladus orientalis, distributed around the Baiyun cave, among the 23 ancient trees that have been surveyed, the age of the tree is over 300 years, the largest one has more than 500 years of age.
this morning, the reporters followed the staff of the public green space management department of the city gardens and Greening Bureau of Ji'nan City, Shandong Province, to the village of Ding Jia Yu. There was a Baiyun cave about 200 meters above the mountain road. On a cliff on the right side of the Baiyun cave, a Platycladus orientalis grows out of the cliff. The tree is bent, the root of the tree is deep in the seam. According to the measurements, the diameter of the tree is about 60 centimeters. Fan Shoujin, a biology professor at the Shandong Normal University School of life sciences, says the tree has at least 300 years old history. Near 20 meters on the left side of the Baiyun cave, a Platycladus of Platycladus is long on a huge stone, the trunk of a huge tree is dragon shaped, the thick root of the tree is lad in the giant stone, and the trunk of the tree is 93 centimeters. Professor Zhang Shuping, from the Institute of ecology, the Academy of life sciences, Shandong University, said that the size of the size of the chest can grow in such a bad condition, and it is rare. It is preliminarily estimated that the old tree has been growing for at least 500 years.
reporters saw a unique cliff topography around the Baiyun cave of the Ding Jiayu. Reporters walked along the mountain road under the cliff, and ancient Platycladus appeared from the roadside and on the cliff. These ancient trees are scattered and the difference is not more than 20 meters at the longest distance. Platycladus orientalis mostly grows out of the cliff and grows on the side of the cliff. Professor Fan Shoujin said that under normal circumstances, Platycladus orientalis should grow vertically and with crown like pagoda. These ancient trees are very different in shape, and most of them display big crowns. It is estimated that during the growth of trees, there will be natural external forces such as strong winds and blizzard.
experts agree that this densely distributed tree has a large number of trees, high age and strange shape. It is a very rare natural old tree group. The existence of this ancient tree group is closely related to the natural microclimate in the valley. 23 old trees have been found and measured in ancient tree communities, and the number of ancient trees has not yet been discovered.