A primordial wetland of Gongbiela River in the north Xiaoxing' an Mountain was chosen as a case study on plant biodiversity analysis of different types of communities. Results indicate that the biodiversity index of tree community is Betula platyphylla-Carex meyeriana > Betula platyphylla-Betula fruticosa-Carex schmidtii; that of shrub community is Betula fruticosa-Salix pentandra-Aulacomnicum palustre > Salix rosmarinifolia-Salix pentandra-Carex schmidtii > Betula fruticosa-Carex meyeriana, and that of herbage is Galium verum-Carex schmidtii > Sanguisorba parviflora (Maxim. ) -Carex cae-spitosa > Calamagrostis langsdorffii (Link)-Carex schmidtii > Sanguisorba parviflora (Maxim. )-Carex schmidtii. As a whole, the Shannon-Wiener index (H'), the Simpson index (D) and Pielou evenness index (Jsi) of Galium verum-Carex schmidtii and Betula fruticosa-Salix pentandra-Aulacomnicum palustre are higher, while the biodiversity indexes of Betula platyphylla-Betula fruticosa-Carex schmidtii and Betula fruticosa-Carex meyeriana are lower.
Hilly region in northeast ChinaWetlandsCommunitiesBiodiversities