Investigation and Analysis of Garden Plant Resources in City Parks of Baiyun District, Guangzhou
In order to understand status of garden plant resources in city parks of Baiyun district, Guangzhou, comprehensive investigation and analysis of composition, dominant families, life forms, ornamental characteris-tics, species origins and application status of garden plants in 21 city parks of Baiyun district, Guangzhou were carried out through field survey and review of literature. Results showed that city parks of Baiyun district, Guangzhou had 302 species of garden plants, belonging to 82 families and 214 genera, of which 7 families were dominant, including Moraceae, Agavaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Gramineae, Arecaceae, Caesalpiniaceae and Myrta-ceae. Life forms were dominated by arbors, shrubs and herbs. Ornamental characteristic was mainly flower. There were 164 native plants and 138 exotic plants. Aiming at problems of monotonous plant landscape level, inconspicuous seasonal phase of plant landscape and less application types of native plants, it was proposed to increase types and application frequencies of vines, bamboos and aquatic plants, increase application of orna-mental deciduous plants, and increase application types of native plants.
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