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Fir of China
 
      
No. 92-3  (1992.03.10)
 
Cathaya argyrophylla,  Abies beshanzuensis,   Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Taiwania flousiana are all China's unique rare and precious plants which enjoy national  special  protection.  Cathaya argyrophylla  and  Abies beshanzuensis belong to the Pinus Family, while Metasequoia glyptostroboides and Taiwania flousiana to the Taxodium Family, though they are all arbor. Taiwania flousiana has a height of 75 meters, distributed in some provinces & regions in southern China.  Cathaya argyrophylla  is  called  "living fossil  of plants".  Only several hundred   Abies  beshanzuensis   are  available  at  present.   Some  Taiwania flousiana aged over 1,000 can still be found in western Yunnan Provence, but few mother trees of Taiwania flousiana are available in its distributed areas.