Latin scientific name: Huang Wei

English name: Common Smoketree

Division name: Lacquer Division

Genus name: Cotinus coggygria.

Adaptation areas: North China and Southwest China

North warm temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest area (major cities: Shenyang, Huludao, Dalian, Dandong, Anshan, Liaoyang, Jinzhou, Yingkou, Panjin, Beijing, Tianjin, Taiyuan, Linfen, Changzhi, Shijiazhuang, Qinhuangdao, Baoding, Tangshan, Handan, Xingtai, Chengde, Jinan, Dezhou, Yan 'an, Baoji and Tianshui).

Deciduous broad-leaved forest area in southern warm zone (main cities: Qingdao, Yantai, Rizhao, Weihai, Jining, Tai 'an, Zibo, Weifang, Zaozhuang, Linyi, Laiwu, Dongying, Xintai, Tengzhou, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Kaifeng, Xinxiang, Jiaozuo, Anyang, Xi 'an, Xianyang, Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Yancheng, Huaibei, Bengbu, Korea.

Deciduous, evergreen and broad-leaved mixed forest areas in north subtropical zone (major cities: Nanjing, Yangzhou, Zhenjiang, Nantong, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hefei, Wuhu, Anqing, Huainan, Xiangfan and Shiyan)

Central subtropical evergreen deciduous broad-leaved forest area (major cities: Wuhan, Shashi, Huangshi, Yichang, Nanchang, Jingdezhen, Jiujiang, Ji 'an, Jinggangshan, Ganzhou, Shanghai, Changsha, Zhuzhou, Yueyang, Huaihua, Jishou, Changde, Xiangtan, Hengyang, Shaoyang, Guilin, Wenzhou, Jinhua, Ningbo, Chongqing, Chengdu, Dujiangyan, etc.

Ecological classification: woody plants >; hardwood

Ornamental classification: shade trees

Height range: 8 meters

Morphological characteristics: Frost leaves are red and beautiful. The crown is round or umbrella-shaped, and the branchlets are purple-brown with white powder. Simple leaves alternate, wide oval to kidney-shaped, slender petiole, purple. Panicle terminal, unisexual, yellow petals, sterile flowers, purplish red pedicel, feathery. Drupe is small and kidney-shaped.

Growth habits: neutral, like warm climate, cold-resistant, drought-tolerant, afraid of waterlogging.

Propagation: Propagation by sowing and cutting. Seeds should be collected in time after maturity, and should be drilled or spread on seedbeds. Before sowing, seeds should be stored in sand for 70 to 90 days, or soaked in warm water at 80 degrees Celsius to accelerate germination. The planting place should be a place with high dryness, no water accumulation and large temperature difference. Root cutting is mainly used for cutting and can also be propagated by ramets.

Landscape uses: courtyard viewing, scenic forest.

Supplement: Cotinus coggygria is full of red trees and gorgeous in late autumn. This is the kind of red leaves in Xiangshan, a famous western suburb of Beijing, which is an important foliage tree species in northern autumn. Usually planted on hillsides or in front of evergreen trees. Bright yellow wood can be used as furniture, utensils, architectural decoration and carving materials. Branches and leaves can enter flowers, and have the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying and diminishing inflammation.