Where are the main producing areas of Forsythia suspensa? Detailed introduction to the distribution of its growing regions
Forsythia suspensa is also known by other names such as Huanghua Tiao, Lian Ke, Qing Qiao, Luo Qiao, Huang Qi Dan, and so on. It is a deciduous shrub of the genus Forsythia in the family Oleaceae, growing in hillside thickets, under forests or in grassy areas, or in sparse forests of valleys and gullies. Its fruit can be used as medicine and has the effects of clearing heat, detoxifying, dissipating nodules, and reducing swelling. Now let us take a look at the distribution of producing areas of Forsythia suspensa!
The distribution of producing areas of Forsythia suspensa
Forsythia suspensa grows in hillside thickets, under forests or in grassy areas, or in sparse forests of valleys and gullies. Its producing areas are distributed in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, and other places. In China, except for the South China region, it is cultivated in all other areas, and it is also cultivated in Japan.
The producing area environment of Forsythia suspensa
Forsythia suspensa likes light and has a certain degree of shade tolerance. It likes a warm, humid climate and is also very cold-resistant, tolerant of drought and barren soil, and afraid of waterlogging. It is not choosy about soil and can grow normally in neutral, slightly acidic, or alkaline soil. It can grow normally in areas with an altitude of 250 m-2200 m, an average temperature of 12.1°C-17.3°C, an absolute maximum temperature of 36°C-39.4°C, and an absolute minimum temperature of -4.8°C-14.5°C, but it grows better under site conditions with sufficient sunlight, deep fertile soil, and moisture.
The distribution of Forsythia species
1. Forsythia likiangensis: Forsythia likiangensis is 1-3 m tall, with grayish-brown bark, produced in northwestern Yunnan and Muli, Sichuan. It grows in hillside thickets, under forests, or in mixed mountain forests.
2. Forsythia mandschurica: Forsythia mandschurica is native to the area around Fenghuang Mountain in Liaoning Province, China, and is cultivated in all three provinces of Northeast China. Its flowers are yellow and open before the leaves. Just after the cold winter, the whole tree is golden yellow. If planted in patches, it is even more brilliant and eye-catching. It is one of the excellent early-spring flowering shrubs in Northeast China.
3. Forsythia mira: Forsythia mira is a deciduous or climbing shrub, 1.2-3 m tall, with cylindrical brown branches, hairless, densely covered with raised lenticels, and light brown branchlets, four-angled, covered with fine pubescence, with hollow internodes, produced in Shanyang, Shaanxi, growing by mountain roadsides.
4. Forsythia ovata: Forsythia ovata is a deciduous shrub of the genus Forsythia in the family Oleaceae, 1-1.5 m tall, with spreading branches. The branchlets are grayish-yellow or light yellowish-brown, hairless, becoming gray or dark gray when old, slightly angular, with plate-like pith. It is native to Korea, and is cultivated in gardens throughout Northeast China.