According to historical records, the oriental golden cypress originated from the residual plants of Cretaceous in dinosaur era 300 million years ago. Known by botany as the rarest and oldest gymnosperm in the world, it is also known as "plant bear, cat" and "living fossil". It is a national treasure plant unique to China. Because it grows on a cliff with high altitude, it is named "Bai Ya".
1. the growing environment of the oriental golden cypress: the oriental golden cypress generally grows in the crevice of the cliff at an altitude of 700-2 100 meters.
Resistant to barren dry soil, avoid water accumulation, like air moist and calcareous soil, acid-resistant soil and saline soil; If the temperature is moderate, the growth will stop when it exceeds 32℃, and it will be frozen if it continues at the low temperature of-10℃ for 10 days.
2. Morphological characteristics of the golden cypress: the branches are dense and spread, the leaves are scaly, the leaves born in the center of the branchlets are obliquely obovate, with a protruding longitudinal ridge, the apex is blunt, broadly lanceolate, slightly shorter than the central leaves, and the two sides are green without white powder. Male cones are nearly oval, opposite, connective is broadly oval, young cones are oval, and seed scales are opposite. The outermost seed scales are inverted oval, and no mature cones are found.
3. Admiralty and cypress derivatives: 1. Golden bell and cypress root carving: the root and trunk of golden bell and cypress, which died in the rock crevice of Taihang Mountain in North China, grew in extremely harsh environment, absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, and experienced the strong blowing of cliff wind, forming an elegant, curved and agile shape.
Due to the strange and harsh growth environment, it has forged its twisted, elegant, delicate and aromatic quality, shape and taste. After thousands of years of wind and rain baptism and ingenious carving, the golden cypress naturally decays to form a unique root material with unique shape, rich texture and rich asphalt, which is praised as "the treasure in the root" by the root art circle today.
2. Golden cypress arbor
Bonsai: Dead or half-dead golden cypress can be preserved and planted to become a unique and vicissitudes bonsai art work.
3. Greening:
Golden cypress is suitable for single planting, clustered planting or being used as a hedge.
4. Jewelry: made into beads bracelets, hand rows, Ping 'an cards, etc. , very popular. Because of the oiliness of the tree material, the bracelet will become more and more shiny after being worn for a long time, and the light wood color will gradually become darker and even become sauce purple, which is very ornamental.