Arid Zone Research ›› 2021, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (1): 241-246.doi: 10.13866/j.azr.2021.01.25

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Floristic analysis of woody plants in the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain

FENG Shuang(),LAN Dengming(),ZHAO Hongsheng,ZHAO Xinghua,GUO Lu   

  1. College of Desertification Control Science and Engineering, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010010, Inner Mongolia, China
  • Received:2020-04-15 Revised:2020-07-14 Online:2021-01-15 Published:2021-03-05
  • Contact: Dengming LAN E-mail:1279852113@qq.com;landengming@163.com

Abstract:

The northern foot of Yinshan Mountain is a typical transition area from grassland to the desert, which has a particularly rich and complex species composition, plant community structure, and ecological function. Using the theory and methods of floristic geography and field investigation, we assessed the floristic and geographic compositions of woody plants in the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain. Our results show that the woody flora consists of 68 species, 38 genera, and 16 families. Three dominant families with more than ten woody plant species were observed, including two genera and one species. Thirty-one genera accounted for 81.58% of the genera richness. Five distribution types and one distribution form in the flora family distribution was seen, and the world distribution type was dominant. Eleven distribution types and four distribution forms of floristic geographical elements were seen, and the temperate distribution type was dominant.

Key words: northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, flora, family composition, geographical elements