Investigation and Analysis of Main Medicinal Plant Resources in Mingtang Mountain
In order to comprehensively understand the composition types,life forms,medicinal parts and other resources of medicinal plant resources in Mingtang Mountain of Yuexi County,traditional field investigation methods were used to collect the distribution information of medicinal plant re-sources,species identification and analysis of medicinal plants were carried out through morphological observation and relevant literature.The investigation results showed that there are a total of 231 spe-cials of medicinal plants belonging to 96 families and 205 genera.The species compositions were main-ly small families(2 to 4 species)and single families(1 species).The life forms were dominated by herbs(61.47%).The majority of medicinal parts was whole grass,roots and rhizomes(61.48%).There are 29 rare and endangered medicinal plants,among those 2 species of national first-class pro-tected plant and 8 species of national second-class protected plant.In general,the diversity of medici-nal plant resources in Mingtang Mountain of Yuexi County was obvious,and the ecological environment was well protected.This survey provided scientific basis for the effective protection and rational devel-opment of medicinal plant resources in the future.
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