| Picea neoveitchii | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Pinaceae |
| Genus: | Picea |
| Species: | P. neoveitchii |
| Binomial name | |
| Picea neoveitchii Masters |
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Picea neoveitchii is a species of conifer in the Pinaceae family. It is found only in China. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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 (within protected forest areas), and protects wild communities and individuals. (Zhang et al. 2006).