Table 2.

List of Tsuga chinensis accessions received by Arnold Arboretum that originated in China between 1901 and 2002. See text for details.

SourceCollection no. and (date)Collection locationAltitude (m)Arnold Arboretum accession no.No. living plants (2004)
Veitch China Exp. (1899-1902)EHW #952 (1901)Xing Shan, Hubei Province2,1306851 (Nov. 1907)0 (died 1921)
Arnold Arboretum Exp. (1910-1911)EHW # 4453 (1910)Fang Xian, Hubei Province2,300-3,00017569 (= 6851-1)
(Feb. 1911)
1 (grounds)
Botanic Garden, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Park (Nanjing)(1932, 1934)Sichuan Province——394-32; 534-340
Chinese Academy of Forestry(1979, 1980)Sichuan Province (31’N;103’E)1,000-1,3001291-79; 481-800
Shanghai Botanical Garden(1980)Zhejiang Province——664-810
Quarryhill Botanical Garden(1991, 1992)Sichuan Province2,070-2,500466-95;92-930
U.S. National Arboretum(1992)Wild source——233-20035 (nursery)
Sheffield Seed Co.China Natl. Tree Seed Co. (1992)Wild source——100-9475 (grounds)
Xian Botanical Garden(1994, 1996)Ningshaan, Shaanxi Province1,600-1,900503-94; 65-9610 (grounds)
NACPEC Exp. (Qingling Mts.)QLG-013, 188, 190, 193 216, 217 (1996)Ningxi Reserve; Shaanxi Province1,800-2,20020-99; 21-99;
227 to 232-2003
13 (grounds);
26 (nursery)
Cui and Ma (Xian Botanical Garden)CUI 97-053; 97-054 (1997)Shaanxi Province——242, 243-2000;
307, 308-2000;
225, 226-2003
28 (grounds);
14 (nursery)
USDA Forest Service(2002)Wenbishan; Yunnan Province2,650439-2003Greenhouse
USDA Forest Service(2002)Ningshan Co.; Shaanxi Province1,800440-2003Greenhouse