A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON INTRODUCTION OF TAIW ANIA FLOUSIANA AT SEABOARD, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE

This paper summarized the introduction experiment of Taiwania flousiana from Yunnan to Seaboard, Zhejiang province. Originally this species was distributed in southwestern hilly area in China with an elevation of 600-2700 m and neutral-acid soil (pH4-7.4), while Seaboard has an elevation which is less than 3m above sea level and its light-alkaline soil (pH8.2-8.4) has a low salt content (0.0495-0.0997%). The climate in both areas are similar to each other. After five years' introduction to Seaboard, its young trees grew well with a mean height of 3.66m and a mean diameter of 7.25cm, and had strong root systems.