沙棘是一种具有很高经济价值的树种,但以前人们没有足够认识,只有在水土保持及薪炭林方面加以利用,可以说它至今几乎是处于野生状态。沙棘属共有四个种,我国全都有分布,且现有野生资源极其丰富。近两年来,沙棘的经济价值引起了人们的广泛注目,但是如何开发和利用我国宝贵的沙棘资源,这一资源的特性、特点等都待深入探讨和研究。为此,我们于1985年5月至6月,对华北、西北有代表性的、沙棘资源比较丰富的山西西部高原区,即吕梁山区及管涔山区进行了考察。一、山西西部高原区野生沙棘资源现状 Seabuckthorn is a kind of tree species with high economic value. However, in the past, people did not know enough about it, and only used it in soil and water conservation and fuelwood forests. It can be said that it is almost wild until now. There are four species of seabuckthorn, all of which are distributed in our country, and the existing wild resources are extremely rich. In the past two years, the economic value of seabuckthorn has attracted people’s attention. However, how to develop and utilize the precious seabuckthorn resources in our country, the characteristics and characteristics of this resource are yet to be further explored and studied. Therefore, from May to June 1985, we conducted a survey on the plateau areas of western Shanxi, Luliang Mountain and Guanli Mountain, which are representative in North China and Northwest China and rich in seabuckthorn resources. First, the wild seabuckthorn resources in the western plateau of Shanxi Province