  Distribution (2). | Platycladus orientalis (Linnaeus) Franco 1949Common NamesChinese or oriental arborvitae.Taxonomic notesSyn: Biota orientalis (Linnaeus) Endlicher; Thuja orientalis Linnaeus (1). It is the sole species in the genus Platycladus Spach 1842.DescriptionRangeChina: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong , Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang. Korea. Elevational range in China - 250-3300 m (2). Also reported Burma, Japan (1). Naturalized in Florida (3).Big TreeOne in Nasreddinabad, Tajikistan, is 35 m high and 14 m dbh (4).OldestAges of some cultivated trees in the Beijing (China) area are said to exceed 1000 years (5).DendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarks"It is common tree of China, and some relic populations exist in Central Asia (it is often said that they are all along The Great Silk Road and aren't natural, but there are also some very old trees in remote mountain areas" (4).Citations(1) Silba 1986.(3) Little 1980 (as Thuja o.). (4) Vladimir Dinets, e-mail communication, 10 January 1998. (5) Silba, Hohn. 1996. Noteworthy conifers in the Xian Shan region of Beijing, China. American Conifer Society Bulletin 13(1):8-12. See also Elias 1987 (as Thuja o.). |
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