Analysis of the Community Structure of Sorbus alnifolia in Huangshan Mountain
Objective]The aim of this paper was to understand the structure of Sorb us alnifolia in Huangshan and to provide a basis for its protection and development.[Method]Species composition and community structure of S. alnifolia was analyzed by typical sampling plot method.[Results]①There were 132 vascular plants,which belonged to 98 genera and 87 families in the 3 200 m2 quadrats;②Important value analysis showed that Pinus taiwanensis and Sasa sinica in the tree layer and shrub layer were more dominant, with a coverage of 21.47%and 26.99%,respectively;③The genera of community flora could be divided into 11 distribution types and north temperate zone plate as the main component. The world distribution Pantropic and East asian element assume a definite proportion and the plant flora had evidently characteristics of transition;④Phanerophytes(52 species of plants)were dominant in the life- form , followed by chamaephytes and hemicryptophytes;⑤According to the analyses of Raunkiaer frequency law,species abundance pattern was vided into five grades(A﹥B﹥C﹤D﹥E). ⑥The species were uneven distribution in the community. [Conclusion]The species in Sorb us alnifolia community of Huangshan was abundant. The competition of shrub layer was fierce. If there was no sufficient regeneration seedlings, S. alnifolia would be degraded.
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