Comments for Reflections http://www.mountainplum.com Mon, 30 May 2011 11:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Tianmushan – The Eyes of Heaven Mountain by Aljos Farjon http://www.mountainplum.com/tianmushan-the-eyes-of-heaven-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-2707 Aljos Farjon Mon, 30 May 2011 11:53:08 +0000 http://www.mountainplum.com/?page_id=31#comment-2707 Perhaps in your story on Tianmu Shan you could point out that the Japanese Cedars (Cryptomeria japonica) are indeed Japanese. They were introduced from Japan perhaps during the Ming Dynasty, 500-600 years ago, and are among the oldest and largest of their kind outside Japan. Famous native trees of Tianmu Shan are the Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) and another conifer, Chinese Golden Larch (Pseudolarix amabilis); these are two of the "three varieties of plants" you mention to have the "highest level of state protection". To call them "varieties" is to a botanist a little demeaning, they are more unique and very distinct species of tree. I visited this mountain with some other scientists in December 2010 to get a first-hand experience on the question whether the Ginkgo can be really accepted as "growing in the wild" here. I came away more sympathetic to that claim than before, but more research, involving DNA analysis of both planted and wild growing trees is to be done before we can pronounce on this highly interesting question. Perhaps in your story on Tianmu Shan you could point out that the Japanese Cedars (Cryptomeria japonica) are indeed Japanese. They were introduced from Japan perhaps during the Ming Dynasty, 500-600 years ago, and are among the oldest and largest of their kind outside Japan. Famous native trees of Tianmu Shan are the Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) and another conifer, Chinese Golden Larch (Pseudolarix amabilis); these are two of the “three varieties of plants” you mention to have the “highest level of state protection”. To call them “varieties” is to a botanist a little demeaning, they are more unique and very distinct species of tree.

I visited this mountain with some other scientists in December 2010 to get a first-hand experience on the question whether the Ginkgo can be really accepted as “growing in the wild” here. I came away more sympathetic to that claim than before, but more research, involving DNA analysis of both planted and wild growing trees is to be done before we can pronounce on this highly interesting question.

]]> Comment on Tianmushan – The Eyes of Heaven Mountain by Kay Clarke http://www.mountainplum.com/2008/09/14/tianmushan-the-eyes-of-heaven-mountain/comment-page-1/#comment-2541 Kay Clarke Tue, 12 Oct 2010 16:38:58 +0000 http://www.mountainplum.com/?p=41#comment-2541 So thrilling for me to finally get to tap into wonderful writings and see the magnificent photos! LOVE! So thrilling for me to finally get to tap into wonderful writings and see the magnificent photos!
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