A Study on Taiwania flousiana’s Ecoadaptation and Introduction Potentiality
- Received Date: 1992-08-15
- Available Online: 2012-12-04
Abstract: The results of introducing the young tree of Taiwania ilousiana in northern plain of Jiangsu, hilly country in southern Jiangsu and in Fuyang County of Zhejiang Province are reported in this paper. It shows that the T. flousiana's ecoadaptability is comparatively high; it could grow at acid soil for an elevation of 500~700 m with pH 4.9-6.0 and alkaline (desalination) soil with pH 8~8.8. T. flousiana is tolerant of shade and sensitive to high temperature at young stage. It's seedlings are suceptible to frozen damage and fusicoccum blight, the capability of cold and disease resistance increases as it grows. The frozen damage will not happen when T. flousiana is 2-year old and the disease damage will not happen either after it's 3 years. The annual average growth of tree height and DBH of 4~5 years plantation comes up to or exceeds that in the origin. It is common that T. flousiana's growth is superior to that of Cunninghamia lanceolata in the same age, and its resistance to snow is obvious. Therefore, the introduction and utilization of T. ilousiana are promising.