Community of endangered plants found

WUHAN - A large community of an endangered plant species has been discovered in Houhe National Nature Reserve in Hubei province.

The plant, Changiostyrax dolichocarpa, was spotted during a survey conducted by a research team from the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with reserve staff.

A rare large community of about 16 individual specimens of the species was identified in an area of about 3 hectares, said Jiang Mingxi, head of the team.