Emei Mountain Scenic Area is located in the southwest of China, with very rich plant resources, including many precious and rare endangered plants.
Today, Xiaobian has collected and sorted out these plants on Mount Emei for everyone, so that you can refer to them when you travel to Mount Emei, and at the same time relax your mood, you can increase your knowledge and know a lot of new plants.
Alsophila
It is the oldest fern on Mount Emei, belonging to the phylum Fern and quercus family, and is the only surviving woody fern left in the Jurassic Period of the Mesozoic Era about 180 million years ago. Known as the "King of Ferns" and "Living Fossils", it is extremely precious and a national treasure.
Sichuan Cycads
Sichuan cycad is the oldest evergreen woody plant of the cycad family in Mount Emei, an ancient tree species left over from the Permian of the Paleozoic Era 270 million years ago. The climate of Mount Emei is warm and humid, which is very suitable for the growth of Sichuan cycads.
Sichuan Cycads are mostly distributed in the Area of Emei Mountain at an altitude of 550 to 630 meters above sea level around Baoguo Temple and Fuhu Temple.
fir
Fir, also known as Emei fir, is an evergreen plant of the Pine family, which is the main tree species and important forest resources in Emei Mountain, mainly distributed in the alpine area of Mount Emei at an altitude of 2000 to 3099 meters from elephant washing pond to Jinding.
Fir is vigorous in shape, with a straight trunk and a tower-shaped canopy, reaching a height of more than 30 meters and reaching an age of 200 to 400 years.
Incense tree
Lianxiang tree belongs to the single family of lianxiang trees in the family Lianxiang tree. Lianxiang tree is a precious and rare tree species in Mount Emei, which is a relict plant left over from the Quaternary glacier and has now been listed as a national second-class protected plant.
The incense tree belongs to the large deciduous tree, the tree is about 25 meters high, the old tree is gray-brown, the longitudinal lobes are thin flakes peeling, and the short branches are opposite on the long branches. Sex likes temperature, not tolerant of shade. It is narrow and sparse, and grows only in the jungle at an altitude of 1700 meters.
Goosefoot
It belongs to the genus Lycaenidae in the magnolia family. Deciduous trees, up to 40 meters high and up to 1 meter in diameter.
The leaves are coat-shaped, so it is also called horse coat wood. It is mainly produced in Longchi in the foothills of Mount Emei, with strange leaves, which is a precious ornamental tree species in the world. The state has been classified as a grade II protected plant.
Sichuan wood lotus
Sichuan Mulian is a famous ornamental plant of Mount Emei and one of the oldest angiosperms.
Sichuan muliss belongs to the magnolia family Officinalis is an evergreen tree of the genus Mullein. It is about 15 meters high and has a thick canopy. The climate of the Emei Mountain area is warm and humid, and the soil is fertile, which is very suitable for the growth of Sichuan wood lotus. Sichuan mulian is mainly distributed in the 99 Daojiao, Jiulao Cave, Lotus Stone area and near the Center of The Heart of Emei at an altitude of 1400 to 2000 meters above sea level.
dove tree
Tung tong, also known as water pear, because the shape of the oval fruit core is slightly similar to a pear, is the most valuable ornamental plant in Mount Emei, a specialty of China, belonging to the national 8 kinds of first-class key protected plants in the treasure.
It is distributed at an altitude of 1400 to 2000 meters above sea level in Daping, Jiulaodong, Yuxian Temple, Jiulinggang, Elephant Wash Pond and Gongbei Mountain in the Emei Mountain area.
It belongs to the blue fruit tree family, a genus of plants, the only genus, is a deciduous tree, the tree height is usually 10 to 15 meters, up to more than 20 meters high. The tree is neatly shaped, with the apex branches extending obliquely upwards and the lower branches flattening outwards to form a conical canopy. The leaf surface is distinctly green, alternate, papery, broadly ovate, tapering at the apex, coarsely serrated at the edges, and the dorsal surface of the leaf is covered with dense silky white fluff.
The flowers are particularly peculiar and beautiful. Heterogeneous flowers, each flower has no petals, by most of the male flowers gathered into a head-shaped inflorescence, the apex is a sex flower, under the inflorescence there are two large white bracts, that is, often mistakenly "flowers".
From the end of April to the beginning of the 5th, the trees and honeysuckles flutter, like a flock of pigeons perched on the treetops, spreading their wings and flying, so it is known as "pigeon flower".
It is a relict plant left over from the late Tertiary Period of the Cenozoic Era 10 million years ago, known as "plant living fossils". It was only discovered in China in the 19th century that European and American botanists named it "Chinese Pigeon Tree". It is one of the four famous flowers of Mount Emei.
Primroses
Primrose is one of the four famous flowers of Mount Emei. There are ten major varieties in the whole Emei Mountain: Tibetan Primrose, Fresh Lotus Primrose, Egg Leaf Primrose, Weiqi Primrose, Chuannan Primrose, Yingyang Primrose, Leaf Primrose, Shallow Split Leaf Primrose, Narrow Split Leaf Primrose and Emei Primrose.
It usually blooms in early spring, but also blooms early in the spring, hence the name.
Distributed throughout the mountain, it is common in Longmen Cave, Qingyin Pavilion, Hongchunping, Jiulao Cave, Mahayana Temple, Leidongping, Jinding and other places.
Primula is a perennial herb. The leaves are basal, the underground stem is very developed, the aboveground stem is underdeveloped, and the flower stem is extracted during the flowering period. The corolla is closed, the lower part is elongated tubular or cylindrical, the upper part is split, the lobe is large, there are red, yellow, blue, purple, white colors, petite and beautiful.
orchid
The orchid belongs to one of the four famous flowers of Mount Emei, known as "gentleman in flowers" and "empty valley beauty".
Orchids have slender leaves, beautiful flowers, light and elegant flowers, quiet floral fragrance, simple and innocent, elegant and pure, admired and cherished by the world. Orchids, also known as orchids, are a collective term for perennial herbs of the orchid family Orchid.
The orchid genus of Mount Emei is known to produce 49 genera, 122 species, and another 1 variant. The main famous species are: Chunlan, Emei Chunhui, Jianlan, Tiger Head Orchid, Rabbit Ear Orchid and so on.
Chunlan
Tiger head orchid
azalea
Rhododendron, also known as Yingshan red and mountain pomegranate, is an evergreen or ordinary green shrub, and is one of the four famous flowers of Mount Emei. Legend has it that there were cuckoo birds in ancient times, which cried day and night and coughed blood, and dyed red flowers all over the mountain, hence the name.