元宝枫是一种木本油料树种，种仁含油率48％，可食用，开发前景广阔。1995年春季，结合中德合作造林项目，在陇县示范区对元宝机不同龄级苗木造林进行了试验观察。l试验地概况试验地位于陇县火烧寒乡和麻家台乡境内，属渭北黄土高原南端。此处海拔1100～1300m，揭土黄土性土壤 Yuan Bao Feng is a woody oil tree species, kernel oil content of 48%, edible, the development of broad prospects. Spring 1995, combined with Sino-German cooperation in afforestation projects, in Longxian demonstration area of ​​the Yuanbao machine seedlings of different ages afforestation experiments were observed. l The experimental site The experimental site is located in Longxian County, burned in the cold and Majia Taixiang, belonging to the southern tip of the Weibei Loess Plateau. Here 1100 ~ 1300m above sea level, exposing loess soil