Chinese FIR (scientific name: CUNNINGHAMIA LANCEOLATA (lamb.) Hook) also known as sand, sand trees, is Conifer, Cedar family trees, up to 30 meters high, dbh up to 2.5-3 meters; Bark gray-brown, winter buds nearly round, male cone cone cone cone-shaped, female cone solitary, cone ovoid, 2.5-5 cm long, diameter 3-4 cm; seeds flattened, covered with seed scales, long-ovate or rectangular-orbicular, flowering in April, cones mature in late October.