This is the first mountain in Northeast China to --- thorn buds!
Spring thorny shoots
Why is it said that it is the first mountain treasure? Say two reasons why others don't know:
First, in taxonomy, the thorn buds and the famous ginseng, panax notoginseng, American ginseng, etc., are all of the pentagram family, that is, one family.
Second, the thorny buds have thorns all over the body, just to prevent other animals from using it as food, because the thorny shoots are rich in nutrients and delicious.
Thorny shoots of the stem
Leaves of thorny shoots
Thorn buds are the spring shoots of the genus Liaodong linden in the family Pentagramaceae, also known as thorny dragon teeth, thorny old buds, and tender thorny vegetables. It grows in broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous forests below 1 km above sea level.
Liaodong linden is a small perennial deciduous tree, also known as dragon's tooth tree. The height of the tree is generally 1.5 to 3.5 m; 2 to 3 odd pinnate compound leaves; the stems, branches, petioles, leaf shafts and leaflet shafts are all growing thorns; flowering in June and August, fruiting in September to October.
Dragon tooth tree is distributed in the northeast, north China, southwest and other places, and the habit of eating its young shoots everywhere is the most famous in the northeast region, which has been cultivated on a large scale, and can be planted against the season, and can be exported to earn foreign exchange.
The cultivated water sprouts tender buds
Thorn sprouts are rich in nutrients, rich in vitamins, amino acids, fiber, trace elements, sweet taste, tender and mellow, rich in wild game, belonging to the best mountain wild vegetables, known as the "king of mountain wild vegetables".
In the northeast, the thorny buds are generally picked from late April to early May. It can be eaten raw, stir-fried, sauced, soup, stuffing, or processed into small pickles with different flavors.