Family
Cercidiphyllaceae
Genus
Cercidiphyllum
Specific Epithet
japonicum
Authorship
Siebold & Zucc.
6/24/2003
Location
USA, Pennsylvania (Longwood Gardens)
Location Remarks
1001 Longwood Road, Kennett Square , PA 19348. (See website for detailed directions)
Collectors
No collectors specified
4/9/2013
Location
USA, Idaho, Ada (Private garden on Warm Springs Ave.)
Location Remarks
Boise
Collectors
No collectors specified
5/13/2014
Location
China, Sichuan, Ya'an (Baoxing)
30.808889, 102.724444
Location Remarks
Baoxing Xian. N of the city of Baoxing on the Baoxing-Xiaojin Road (state road G210); Xinzhazi Gou (known locally as Mahuang Gou) just N of Jiajin Shan National Forest Park. Clearings and small remnant forest of Populus and Salix, but with planted trees of Pinus, Larix and Picea, in flat areas along rocky stream bed. Entire area severely grazed by animals, mostly goats, and extensively rutted by pigs. 2415-2500 m elev.
Collectors
D. E. Boufford, S. Christoph, C. Davidson, Y. D. Gao
Notes
At edge of river at base of slope. Tree ca. 20 m tall; pairs of leaves tending to be folded back against each other so that developing follicles are held erect.
