What is the tree flower in Shaoyang City?

At present, most cities in China have introduced city flower trees. Do you know what the city flower of Shaoyang is?

Osmunda japonica in Shaoyang City

20 14 The 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th National People's Congress of Shaoyang voted to pass the Proposal on Submitting for Deliberating and Determining Trees and Flowers in Shaoyang, and identified Cinnamomum camphora and Viola as trees and flowers in Shaoyang.

Zhangshu in Shaoyang City

Cinnamomum camphora has a broad crown, dense branches and leaves, and is magnificent. It is an excellent greening tree, street tree and courtyard shade tree. Zhangshu is a symbol of justice. As a city tree, it can reflect the integrity of Shaoyang people. Gaosha town, Dongkou County, Shaoyang City, Guo Songtao, a famous diplomat in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote the Song of Zhangshu in Gaosha. There is a camphor tree in Chengxi Street, Daxiang District, Shaoyang City. An ancient camphor tree 120 years old was preserved in the courtyard of the municipal civil air defense office, and named the Zhangyuan of the park after it.

Lagerstroemia indica, also known as itchy flower, itchy tree, purple flower and ginger flower, blooms from June to September and bears fruit from September to 65438+February. Lagerstroemia indica has beautiful posture, smooth trunk and bright colors; It happens to be summer and autumn when it blooms, and the flowering period is long. So it's called Hundred Days Red, and it's covered with summer green. This praise flower is a good bonsai for viewing flowers, stems and roots. Roots, bark, leaves and flowers can be used as medicine.

Shaoyang is one of the oldest distribution areas of wild Lagerstroemia indica in China, and it is also the most important cultivation place of Lagerstroemia indica. There are a considerable number of rare ancient crape myrtle trees, among which a wild crape myrtle tree in Chengbu Miao Autonomous County is about 1500 years old. Lagerstroemia indica is one of the main tree species in urban landscaping, which is widely used in urban landscaping and has high ornamental value. At present, there are 6 Lagerstroemia indica populations, 108 Lagerstroemia indica varieties, which is the city with the largest number of Lagerstroemia indica varieties in China. The planting area is more than 6000 mu, and there are more than 60 million Lagerstroemia indica seedlings, and 27 kinds of Lagerstroemia indica horticultural crafts/kloc-0 are developed.

It's the season of crape myrtle blossom. After reading the introduction of comfortable flowers in Shaoyang, do you still want to see more?