The vegetation is dominated by Hinoki cypress (C. obtusa) and Taiwan false cypress (C. formosensis) with an understory evergreen broadleaf shrub (Rhododendron formosanum).
A. mongolicus is the only super-xerophytic evergreen broadleaf shrub species growing in the desert region of northwest China.
Cheng f. is the only evergreen broadleaf shrub grown in the central Asian desert and it has very strong cold and drought tolerance.
Ammopiptanthus mongolicus is the only evergreen broadleaf shrub in the northwest desert of China, which can survive long-term aridity and extremely cold environments.
Ammopiptanthus is an endangered survivor from the Tethys in the Tertiary Period, and is the only evergreen broadleaf shrub grown in the central Asian desert.
Ammopiptanthus is the only genus of evergreen broadleaf shrub in the northwest desert of China and both species are dominant in the local vegetation, so this genus plays an important role in fixing moving sands and delaying further desertification.
However, this approach was not well-suited to non-broadleaf shrubs since their fuel consists of long needle-covered branches rather than easily discretized leaves.
Raindrops were glistening on the dark green satiny leaves of these graceful broadleaf evergreen shrubs, dozens of which Mr. Jaynes created in his 25 years as a plant breeder for the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, which has an outdoor research station a few miles from here.
The tree becomes part of an old growth forest with a shaded and damp understory of broadleaf trees, shrubs, and ferns.
Cheng f., an evergreen broadleaf legume shrub, is distributed in Mid-Asia where the temperature can be as low as −30°C during the winter.
Fig. 2 a Condition of a severely defoliated radiata pine stand (note the absence of broadleaf saplings and shrubs in the understorey).
