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Keteleeria davidiana (Keteleeria; David's Keteleeria)

Synonyms: Picea davidiana (homotypic)
Language: Chi; Chinese; Fre; Ger; Hun; Ita; Vie

Wikipedia Abstract

Keteleeria davidiana (zh: 铁坚油杉) is a coniferous evergreen tree native to Taiwan and southeast China, in the provinces of Gansu, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan. It also occurs in the very northern part of Vietnam. The tree is restricted to hills, mountains, and valleys at elevations of 200-1500 m. Generally, it grows in regions with a more continental climate than the other two Keteleeria species. Three varieties of the species exist: The wood is soft and white yellow, and is used for construction, bridges, furniture, and wood fiber.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Monoecious
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Specific Gravity [2]  0.336
Structure [1]  Tree
Usage [1]  Wood - soft, light, resinous, close grained, easily worked. It is esteemed for building purposes, furniture and wood fibre;
Height [1]  98 feet (30 m)
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Predators

Fiorinia japonica (Japanese scale)[3]
Fiorinia keteleeriae[3]
Lepidosaphes keteleeriae[3]
Pseudaulacaspis momi[3]

External References

Citations

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1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
2Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0