China's Precious and Endangered Plants China Pigeon Tree - China

In 1896, a French priest saw a strange tree in Muping, Sichuan Province. At the time of the flowering season, a pair of white flowers in the tree was hiding in the jasper-like green leaves. It was very interesting to sway with the wind. Looking from afar, it seems that a group of white pigeons are hiding in the branches, swinging their lovely wings and making their wings fly. Immediately afterwards, the priest was enthralled by the immediate wonders of his eyes. After returning home, he confessed to his own people that he had seen with his own eyes. Since then, many European botanists have come across the ocean in order to get a glimpse of the true beauty of strange trees. In China, they did not fear the hardships and dangers and went deep into Sichuan, Hubei and other places to conduct inspections. In 1903, the trees were first introduced to the United Kingdom and later to other countries; they gradually became important ornamental trees in Europe and were hailed by the Europeans as "Chinese pigeon trees." The Chinese pigeon tree is the Chinese parasol, but many people nowadays are used to calling it a pigeon tree. It is said that in the international city of Geneva, every family has its indus, which shows that people love it. Indus is the famous “right of the right” of the plant community. This is an important reason why it is precious. As early as 200 to 3 million years ago, when the Quaternary Ice Age on Earth passed away, many tree species were extinct. In some areas of southern China, due to the complicated terrain, some old plants were preserved in local areas. Indus was the time One of the surviving members. Nowadays, natural wild sycamore trees grow in deep forests such as Shennongjia in Hubei, Fanjing Mountain in Guizhou, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Zhangjiajie and Tianpingshan in Hunan, and the northeastern part of Yunnan. Most of them grow in the mountains of 1200-2500 meters above sea level, the largest can reach up to 30 meters, and the age of trees is over 100 years.