Diversity and floristic characteristics of seed plants in Yinfengling Provincial Forest Park,Jiangxi Province
Yinfengling Provincial Forest Park is located in Luxi County.The Forest park possesses a variety of species and complex geographical floristic elements.Based on field studies and relevant scientific literatures,this study counted and analyzed the families and genera in Yinfengling Provincial Forest Park.The results showed:499 species of seed plants,distributed in 346 genera of 123 families were found in Yinfengling.Yinfengling contains 7 national key protected wild plants,such as Cycas revoluta,Ginkgo biloba and Metasequoia glyptostroboides,etc.The dominant families were Asteraceae,Rosaceae,Papilionaceae,etc.The dominant genera were Michelia,Polygonum,Prunus,etc.The dominant species were Cunninghamia lanceolata,Pinus massoniana and P.elliottii,etc.The families of tropical and temperate distribution patterns made up 43.8%and 23.6%of the total family number,respectively.Tropical distribution was in the dominant position.While at genus level,the temperate and tropical distribution patterns made up 46.3%and 43.6%,respectively.