Investigation and Conservation Strategy of Ancient Trees and Ancient Tree Reserve Resources in Wuhan Botanical Garden(Mount Mo Scenic Area)
In order to carry out conservation management and rejuvenation of ancient trees and ancient tree reserve re-sources in Wuhan Botanical Garden,we mapped trees and monitored age distribution,species category and morphological traits,using tree age detection,expert consultants and literature review.We found 3 ancient trees(over 100 years old)and 276 ancient tree reserve resources(between 50 and 99 years old),belonging to 13 families,24 genera and 30 species,with Taxodium distichum,Cinnamomum camphora,Platanus acerifolia,Pinus elliottii and Juniperus chinensis accounted for 70.62％.Three out of four of those trees were between 20 and 30 m heigh,while the diameters at breast height were main-ly 50-80 cm,accounting for 73.12％.The crown width mainly concentrated between 5-10 m,accounting for 38.35％.In terms of growth potential,74.55％were normal plants,24.01％were slightly weakened,1.43％were severely weakened,and no near-death trees were found.
ancient treesancient tree reserve resourcestree age distributiongrowth potentialconservation strategy
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