[Studies on distribution of paris and annual growing characters of some species on Mountain E' mei].
The research of distribution and habitat of Paris on Mountain E' mei showed that: (1) there were 8 species and 3 varieties of Paris on Mt. E' mei, most of them distributed from alti. 1000m to 1400m in humid and fertile, neutral or acid soil under the evergreen broad-leaved forests, bamboo forests and shrub forests. (2) only Paris bashanensis distributed at higher altitude about 1800 approximately 2800 m; (3) the growing time of P. polyphylla var. chinensis and other two species planted at the lower E' mei mountain area, was later and shorter than those plantd at Kunming; (4) the whole rhizome or with terminal bud as the planting material had a high survival rate and grew fast.
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E' mei College, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, E' mei 614201.
D000531:Altitude; D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D017753:Ecosystem; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*; D027343:Rhizome / Q000254:growth & development; D012987:Soil
D012987:Soil