山毛桃又名野桃,蔷薇科,樱属,落叶小乔木。耐旱、耐瘠薄,有一定的抗寒能力,是嫁接桃的砧木、荒山造林的先锋树种和重要的经济树种。桃仁可入药、榨油。山毛桃广泛分布于黄河流域,以陕西、甘肃、宁夏分布最广,是黄土高原干旱地区优良防护树种,在干旱、半干旱山区、塬区、黄土丘陵沟壑区等多类土壤上均能正常生长,适宜在山坡、梁 Mountain peach, also known as wild peach, Rosaceae, cherry tree, deciduous tree. Drought tolerance, barren, have a certain ability to resist cold, is the rootstock grafted peaches, barren hills pioneer species and important economic species. Peach kernel can be medicine, oil extraction. Mountain peach is widely distributed in the Yellow River Basin, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia is the most widely distributed, is an excellent protected species in the arid areas of the Loess Plateau, in the arid, semi-arid mountainous area, Loess Plateau and other types of soil can grow normally , Suitable for hillsides, beams