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Ancient trees found in Beijing demolition site

Xinhua, February 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

Arborists have discovered 10 trees believed to be over 100 years old in a demolition site in east Beijing.

The trees, which were spotted and reported by a citizen with keen interest in trees near Baiziwan, Chaoyang District, include eight jujube trees, one elm and one Chinese scholar tree, experts with the Beijing Forestry University and Beijing Botanical Garden said.

It is rare to find such a group of ancient trees this close to the downtown area.

The municipal bureau of landscape and forestry has begun to clear the construction waste from around the trees so they can be further studied. Some of their branches have already been fractured in the demolition work.

There are around 40,000 trees over 100 years old recorded in Beijing. Endi