Veitch's Spruce

Picea neoveitchii is an endemic pine species of central China. Several scattered communities and individuals can be found growing on the south slope of Qinling Mountain in Baotian Man Nature Preserve, Henan province between 1240 and 2020 meters elevation. This pine species is especially vulnerable to extinction due to the high fragmentation of its natural habitat from human disturbance. Current conservation efforts are focused on preserving natural habitats, managing invasive species to reduce competition, and prohibiting timber harvest. Conservation researchers emphasize the urgent need for a restoration project which reintroduces seedlings across the tree's original range , and protects wild communities and individuals .

The veitch's spruce grows in some of the mountain areas south to the Qingling Mountain. For a long time, its distribution areas has already decreased due to human destruction. Except the small-size pure forest of veitch spruce in Xinjiashan Moutnain of Fengyang County, all the other veitch's spruce trees are sparsely distributed. Therefore, this species awaits our protection. Value and Significance of Protection: it is a species indigenous to the Qingling Mountain. More