Studies on Plant Resources and Rare Protected Plants of Beilun Ningbo City
LIU Ya-yu1,2, CHEN Gui-zhu1, LUO Shui-hua1, MIAO Shen-yu3, WANG Hou-lin3
1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Zhongshan University, Guangzhou 510275, China; 2. Agricultural College, Zhanjiang Ocean University, Zhanjiang 524088, China; 3. School of Biology and Chemistry Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510405, China
Beilun,which is located in Ningbo Zhejiang province,contains abundant plant resources.There are 712 species or varieties vascular plants of 158 families and 454 genuses.Among these plants,276 species are medicinal plants,95 species are timber plants,87 species are ornamental plants,60 species aretextile plants and 55 species are defending plants,52 firewood plants,48 lipidic plants,42 forage plants,38 wild fruit,30 aromatic plants 25 starch plants,24 nectariferous plants and 18 potherb plants.Most of these plant species are good for exploitation.Furthermore,there are 5 species important national protected wild plants which are belong to 4 families and 5 genera,.Also,there are 17 species age-old and famous trees in Beilun which belong to 15 families and 17 genera.All of these resources are valuable to Beilun which is in the process of exploitation.So it is necessary to protect these resources in order to make them be utilized wisely.
