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9. NORTH, NORTH-EAST AND CENTRAL ASIA, INCL. CHINA , DPR KOREA, INDIA, JAPAN, MONGOLIA AND REP. OF KOREA

            

Abies beshanzuensis

_  _

3

3

3

3

2

3

2

3

China (E), a few trees left

Abies chensiensis

__ _

3

3

3

3

2

3

3

3

Abies delavayi

____

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

Abies ernestii

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

Abies fabri

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Abies firma

____

1

1

1

1

2

3

1

1

Abies georgei

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Abies holophylla

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Important for greenery and Christmas tree growing. Tolerant to frost

Abies kawakamii

_   

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Abies nephrolepsis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Important for greenery and Christmas tree growing. Tolerant to frost

Abies sachalinensis

____ 

2

2

2

2

2

1

2

Important for greenery and Christmas tree growing. Tolerant to frost

Abies sibirica

____

3

3

1

3

2

2

1

2

Abies veitchii

__ _

3

3

2

3

2

2

3

3

Japan

Abies yuanbaoshanensis

   _

3

3

3

3

2

2

3

3

China

Abies ziyuanensis

   _

3

3

3

3

2

2

3

3

China

Acacia catechu

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

China and India

Acacia nilotica

____

1

1

 

2

2

2

2

2

Acacia pindraw

_  _

2

3

3

3

2

  

3

Acacia tortillis

  __

1

1

1

1

 

1

1

1

Acer buergerianum

__ _

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Acer palmatum

 _ _

2

 

2

2

3

3

3

3

Acer oblongum

_  _

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Acer truncatum

_  _

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Ailanthus excelsa

__  

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ailanthus grandis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Albizia chinensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Albizia procera

_ __

1

1

 

3

1

1

 

1

Alnus cremastogyne

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Pioneer, fast growing

A. daurica

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

A. formosana

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

A. japonica

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

China, Japan, Korea

A. nepalensis

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

A. mandshurica

____

1

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Nitrogen fixing in cold regions

A. sibirica

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

A. trabeculosa

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Amentotaxus yunnanensis

__ _

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

China

Anona squamosa

_  _

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Anthocephalus chinensis

__ _

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Aquilaria spp.

__ _

3

1

  

1

1

2

2

Overexploited, poor regeneration, recalcitrant

Artocarpus heterophyllus

 _ _

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Azadirachta indica

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Int. PVT initiated

Bamboo

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

(Bambusa, Dendrocalamus spp.)

Betula chinensis

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

B. luminifera

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

B. pendula

____

3

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

Bombax ceiba

___ 

3

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

Matchsticks

Calycanthus chinensis

   _

3

3

3

3

3

3

1

1

China

Camellia oleifera

   _

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Valuable oil, Japan

Canarium album

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

F fruit, China

C. pimela

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Carya cathayensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Nut

Castanea henryi

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Timber and nut

Castanea mollissima

____

2

2

2

2

3

3

1

1

Nut, many varieties

Casuarina equisetifolia (China)

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Exotic, breeding in China

Casuarina equisetifolia (India)

_ _   

2

2

2

2

2

2

C. glauca

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Exotic, China

C. junghuhniana

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Exotic, China

Cedrus deodora

_  _

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

Cercidiphyllum japonicum

_  _

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Chamaecyparis formosensis

____

3

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

China

Chamaecyparis obtusa

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

PVT, SO in Japan

Choerospondias axillaris

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

MPTS

Chosenia arbutifolia

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Chukrassia velutina

_   

1

1

 

2

1

1

1

1

(E) some provenances

Cinnamomum camphora

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Over exploited

C. cassia

____

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

Craigia yunnanensis

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

China

Cryptomeria fortunei

____

2

2

3

2

2

2

2

2

Cryptomeria japonica

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

PGT, SO in Japan

Cupressus chengiana

____

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

C. duclouxiana

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

C. funebris

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

C. gigantea

____

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

China

C. torulosa

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Introduced to China timber species for dry exposed sites

Cunninghamia lanceolata

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

C. konishii

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Taiwan

Cycas micholitzii

   _

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

China

C. panzihihuaensis

   _

3

3

1

1

2

2

2

2

China (E)

Dacrydium pierri

____

2

1

1

2

1

1

  

China (E)

Dalbergia balsamae

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

D. odorifera

____

2

1

1

2

1

1

1

1

China, rare

D. obtusifolia

____

2

2

2

2

    

D. latifolia

_   

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

D. sissoo

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Davidia involucrata

__ _

3

3

1

1

1

1

  

China, endemic, rare

Dipterocarpus spp.

_   

1

1

 

2

1

1

1

1

Dipteronia dyeriana

__ _

3

3

2

2

3

3

3

3

China

Duabanga grandiflora

____

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

Elaegnus angustifolia

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Emblica officinalis

 _ _

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Erythrophloeum fordii

__ _

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Eucalyptus spp. (India)

___ 

2

3

 

3

 

3

3

2

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Exotic to China

Eucalyptus globulus

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Exotic to China

Eucalyptus grandis

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Exotic to China

Eucalyptus smithii

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Exotic to China

Eucalyptus urophylla

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Exotic to China

Eucommia ulmoides

____

2

1

 

2

1

1

1

1

Monogenus. Endemic to China. (E). Chinese herbal medicine

Fagus longipetiolata

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

Firmiana major

____

3

3

2

2

3

3

2

2

China

Fokienia hodginsi

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Endemic to China.

Fraxinus chinensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

F. chinenesis var rhychophylla

_ __

2

2

 

2

2

2

2

2

Fraxinus mandshurica

_ __

2

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

PVT

F. sieboldiana

____

2

2

 

2

    

Gilricidia sepium

 _ _

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Ginkgo biloba

____

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

Seed used for human food and for medicine

Gleditsia sinensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

MPTS

Glyptostrobus pensilis

__ _

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

1

(E)

Gmelina arborea

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Int. PVT

Gmelina hainanensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Haloxylon ammondendron

 ___

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

Central Asia. Cold and dry areas

Haloxylon persium

 ___

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

Central Asia. Cold areas

Hopea hainenensis

___ 

3

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

China

Hordwickia binata

_ _  

1

1

 

2

1

1

1

Hovenia dulcis

____

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

China, Japan

Iiicium verum

   _

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Juglans cathayensis

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Juglans mandshurica

____

2

2

 

2

2

2

1

1

J. regia

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Himalayas. Nuts

J. sigillata

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Many cultivars in China

Ketaleeria davidiana

____

3

3

2

2

3

3

2

2

China

Ketaleeria pubescens

____

2

2

2

2

3

3

1

1

PVT. Fast growing, good timber species

Lagerstroema lanciolotor

 _ _

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Larix griffithiana

___ 

1

1

2

2

1

3

2

2

Rare. Restricted in Tibet

Larix gmelini

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

PVT, SO

L. leptopsis

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

PVT, SO

L. olgensis (syn. L. gmelini var. olgensis)

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Important for hybridization

L. potaninii

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

PVT, SO

L. sibirica

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

1

Work in progress. China

Liriodendron chinense

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Hybridization

Liquidamber formosana

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Madhuca hainanensis

____

3

3

2

2

1

1

3

3

China, Rare

Madluca indica

   _        

Magnolia officinalis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

China, Medicine

Malus komarovii

___ 

3

3

2

2

3

3

3

3

China

Malus sieversii

   _

3

3

2

2

3

3

3

3

China

Mangifera persiciforma

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Mangifera macculeri

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Timber and ornamental tree, subtropical China

Manglietia aromatica

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

China

Manglietia fordiana

____

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

Manglietia glauca

____

2

2

2

2

    

Manglietia patungensis

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

China

Melia azedarach (China)

____

1

1

2

2

3

3

2

2

Melia azedarach (India)

_ __

1

1

   

1

 

1

M. toosendan

____

1

1

1

1

3

3

2

2

Mesua ferra

_ __

1

1

1

1

3

3

2

2

Rare

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

_ __

1

1

      

Living fossil, China

Michelia spp.

____

2

2

1

2

2

2

2

2

M. wilsonii

____

3

3

2

3

3

3

2

2

China

Morninga oleifera

 _ _

1

1

   

1

 

1

Mytilaria laosiensis

__ _

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Nyssa sinensis

____

2

2

2

2

3

2

2

2

N. japonica

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ormosia henryi

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

Over selected

O. hesiei

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

O. macrophylla

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

Parashorea chinensis var kwangsiensis

____

3

3

2

3

1

1

  

Paulownia spp.

_  _

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

Paulownia elongata

_ __

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

Work in progress. China

Paulownia fargesii

_  _

1

1

 

1

    

P. fortunei

_ __

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

P. kawakamii

_   

2

2

 

2

    

P. smithania

_   

1

1

 

1

 

1

1

1

P. tomentosa

_ __

1

1

1

1

3

3

1

2

Phellodendron amurensis

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

Timber and medicine

Phoebe nanmu

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

Picea asperata

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. brachtyla

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. brachtyla var complanata

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. crassifolia

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. jezoensis

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Breeding in China, Korea and Japan

P. koraiensis

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

P. likiangensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. meyeri

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. schrenkiana

____

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

Protected. NW China

P. wilsonii

____

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

P. caribaea

___   

1

 

1

 

1

 

P. caribaea var. bahamensis

____

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

PVT, PGT in China

P. caribaea var. caribaea

____

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

PVT, PGT in China

P. dabeshanensis

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

China

P. deltoides

_ __

2

1

 

1

 

1

1

1

P. densata

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. densiflora

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

PVT in Japan, S. Korea x P. massoniana

P. fenzeliana

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

P. gerardiana (China)

____

1

1

  

1

1

1

1

P. gerardiana (India)

 _ _

1

1

  

1

1

1

1

P. kesia

_  _

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

P. kesiya

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

China, India (E). Some provenances

P. koraiensis

____

1

1

1

1

1

 

1

1

(E) in parts of range. Protected in China

P. massoniana

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

China, PVT, PGT, SO

P. merkusii

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

P. occarpa

_  _

1

1

  

1

 

3

 

P. parviflora

_ __

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. patula

_   

2

2

 

2

2

   

P. pentaphylla

_ __

1

1

2

2

1

1

3

3

(E) in parts of range. Some occurrences in Japan protected

P. pumila

  __

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

P. roxburghii

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

P. sylvestris var. mongolica

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

China. PVT, PGT, SO

P. tabulaeformis

____

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

China. PVT, PGT, SO

P. taiwanensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. takahasii

_   

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

P. thunbergii

____

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

Japan, PGT, SO

P. wallichiana

_  _

3

1

 

3

1

1

1

1

P. wallichiana (syn. Pinus griffithii)

_ __

3

1

3

3

1

1

3

3

Tibet. Vigorous regeneration

P. wangii

____

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

China

P. yunnanensis

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

PVT, PGT, SO

Pistachia chinensis

_ __

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Pistacia vera

 _ _

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Human food (nuts)

Platycladus orientalis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Species for semi-arid areas

Platycarya strobilacea

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Podocarpus nagi

_ __

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Populus ciliata

_   

2

2

 

2

    

P. deltoides

_ __

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Introduced to China

P. euphratica (China)

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

(E) China. Dry areas

P. euphratica (India)

_ __

1

1

 

1

1

1

1

1

P. koreana

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

P. maximowiczii

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. simonii

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

PVT in China

P. suaveolens

_ __

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

P. tomentosa

_ __

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Endemic to China

P. ussuriensis

_ _ 

2

2

2

2

3

3

3

3

P. yunnanensis (China)

____

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

P. yunnanensis (India)

_ _ 

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Prosopsis cineraria

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

P. juliflora

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Prunus amygdalus

 _ _

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Nut for arid areas

Pseudolaris amabilis

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Protected in China

Pseudotaxus chienii

_ __

3

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

Over exploited

P. brevifolia

_  _

3

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

Over exploited

P. gaussenii

_ __

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

P. sinensis

_ __

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

Pterocarpus indicus

_ __

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

S. China

Pterocarya stenoptera

_ __

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Quercus acutissima

            

Quercus mongolica

____

2

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

Q. variabilis

____

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

Rattan

 ___

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

Rhodedendron spp.

  __

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

Rich in SW China

Salix alba

_   

2

2

 

2

    

Salix babilonica

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Ornamental

Salix babylonica

_  _

2

2

 

2

    

Salix matsudana

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Salix mongolica

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Santalum album

_  _

1

1

  

1

1

1

1

Sapium sebiferum

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

China, MPTS

Sassafras tzumu

____

2

2

2

2

2

3

1

2

Schima superba

____

2

2

      

Fire protection

Schima wallichi

____

2

2

      

Sciadopitys verticillata

____

2

2

 

2

    

Ornamental plantings

Sinowilsonia xylocarpa

   _

3

3

 

3

3

   

China

Syzygium jambos

 _ _

1

1

 

2

1

1

3

1

Fruit tree in S China

Taiwania cryptomerioides

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

(E), Taiwan, China

T. flouisiana

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

(E) China PVT

Tectona grandia

_ __

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Exotic to China

Terminalia spp.

_ __

1

1

2

2

1

1

1

1

Tropical China

Thuja sutchuensis

_   

3

3

  

3

3

  

Tilia amurensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Toona microcarpa

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

MPTS

T. sinensis

____

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

1

Torreya grandis

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

Nut. S.China

Torreya jackii

__ _

3

3

2

2

3

3

3

3

China

Trochodendron araloides

____

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

China, Monogenus

Tsooniodendron odorum

__ _

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

China, Monogenus

Tsuga chinensis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

Ulmus Iaevis

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

3

3

Ulmus japonica

____

2

2

2

2

  

3

3

Ulmus macrocarpa

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

2

2

Ulmus parviflora

____

2

1

2

2

1

1

2

2

Ornamental China

Ulmus propinqua

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Ulmus pumila

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Vatica guangxiensis

____

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

China, tropical rain forest

V. hainanensis

____

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

China, tropical rain forest

Xanthoceras sorbifolia

 _ _

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

For oil in arid areas

Zelkova schneideriana

____

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

Breeding in Japan

 

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