Oriental fir is distributed in the limestone mountain area at the mouth of China at an altitude of 1.400 meters, while cedar is produced in the alpine zone of China at an altitude of 2,600-4,900 meters, in Hubei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.
2, the growth environment is different
Oriental golden cypress is mainly produced in Daba Mountain in China, Sichuan and Taihang Mountain in North China, and generally grows in the crevices of cliffs at an altitude of 700-2 100 meters. Positive trees, slightly resistant to shade, barren, dry soil, avoid water accumulation, like air moist and calcareous soil, not acid-resistant soil and saline soil; It is required that the temperature is moderate, the growth will stop when it exceeds 32℃, and it will freeze if it continues at the low temperature of-10℃ for 10 days.
It grows in the subalpine coniferous forest or above the sparse forest line at high altitude, and pebbles, rocks, alpine grasslands, shrubs, growing juniper and KOBRESIA tibetica woodland have low shrub layers, usually on the south-facing hillside with the highest altitude. In the eastern part of the alpine Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it grows in juniper bushes above the tree line or mixed with the most common conifers such as Sabina vulgaris, Larix gmelinii, Glehnia littoralis and Rhododendron bushes.
Sometimes it grows around willow, rhododendron and Spiraea, and there are traces of Artemisia annua, Berberis, Carex and grass in grassland pasture. It grows in various rock substrates and alpine grassland soil, with a cold climate and some alpine areas affected by monsoon.
3. Different uses
Thuja can be made into root carving, bonsai, greening, home and ornaments.
Cedar wood is mainly used for bonsai.
Reference source; Baidu Encyclopedia-Bai Ya
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