When it comes to huangqi, many people first think of the famous fragrant mountain autumn leaves, in which the main tree species is huangqi.
In fact, the blossoming of huangqi is also very distinctive, huangqi is also known as "smoke tree", when the huangqi flower blooms, the whole tree seems to be shrouded in smoke, and the huangqi flower once became a net red product of fresh cut flowers because of its unique smoke feeling.
Huangqi and Maohuangqi are very similar, and they can be distinguished from the following points:
1. Leaf viewing
Huang Qi:
Leaves inverted ovate or ovate, 3 to 8 cm long, 2.5 to 6 cm wide, anterior round or slightly concave, basal round or broad wedge-shaped, full margin, both sides or especially the back of the leaf is significantly covered with gray soft hairs, lateral veins 6 to 11 pairs, the apex is often forked; the petiole is short.
Yellow oak leaves
The leaves are inverted ovate or ovate, the apex is rounded or slightly concave, the base is round or broadly wedge-shaped, and the full margin
Mao Huangqi:
The leaves are mostly broad-oval, sparsely rounded, and the back of the leaves, especially along the veins and petioles, are densely covered with soft hairs.
The leaves are mostly broad-oval and sparsely rounded
2. The planting distribution is different
The cultivation area of The yellow oak is wider than that of the yellow oak, especially in some southern areas, most of which are planted with the yellow oak.
3. Flowers
The flowers of Quercus and Phylloscopus are very similar, with conical inflorescences covered with soft hairs; the flowers are hybrid, the calyx is glabrous, lobed ovate triangular, petals ovate or ovate lanceolate, glabrous.
This is shown in the following figure
The distant view of the tree is like a cloud of pink smoke hanging over the top of the tree, and the smoke tree is also named after it, and the yellow tree and the yellow tree are very excellent landscaping tree species. Beijing Fangshan Youpo Fengling planted 10,000 yellow trees, may to June flower blooming season, the entire hillside is flowing pink purple smoke screen, is a special place for spring Beijing flower viewing.
The books in this article are all from the book "Identification of Similar Plants Around"