火炬树为漆树科落叶灌木或小乔木。原产北美,性喜湿阳,耐寒、耐旱、耐轻度盐碱,适应性极强。既宜生长于沿河沙滩、堤岸及沼泽地边缘,又能生于干旱山坡荒地。其根系较浅,水平根发达,根蘖萌发力极强,是一个良好的水土保持和固沙造林的先锋树种。火炬树雌花序及果穗鲜红,叶到秋季亦变红,十分鲜艳,故也是一种庭院观尝树种。宁夏林科所1975年从北京植物园引种,现已获成果。 Rhus typhina Deciduous shrubs or small trees. Native North America, sexual hi wet, cold, drought, mild salt, adaptability. Both should be based on the growth of sand beaches, embankments and wetlands edge, but also born in arid hillside wasteland. Its root system is shallow, the level of roots developed, root tillering strong germination, is a good soil and water conservation and afforestation pioneer tree species. The inflorescences of inflorescence tree and red ear of fruit, the leaves also turn red in autumn, very bright, it is also a kind of courtyard to observe the tree species. Ningxia Linke Institute in 1975 from Beijing Botanical Garden Introduction, has now been the result.