Objective:To find out the background of medicinal plant resources in Shahekou District,Dalian City,Liaoning Province.By understanding the types of wild medicinal plant resources in Sha-hekou area,a database of traditional Chinese medicine resources was established,which further pro-vided reference suggestions for the protection and sustainable development of medicinal plant resources in this area.Methods:According to the technical specifications of the fourth national census of tradi-tional Chinese medicines,the medicinal plant resources in the Shahekou area were surveyed and statis-tically analyzed by field investigation and hierarchical model evaluation methods.The exploitable me-dicinal plant resources in the Shahekou area were evaluated based on the analysis from the perspective of the value chain.Results:A total of 492 medicinal plant resources were investigated and studied,in-cluding 36 key medicinal materials and 9 characteristic medicinal materials.Among the 19 criterion-tier indexes,the first three were reproductive ability(0.234 5),authenticity(0.260 6)and endangered status(0.152 7).The resources of medicinal materials could be evaluated into three grades,of which grade Ⅰcontained 6 kinds of medicinal plants,grade Ⅱ contained 9 kinds of medicinal plants,and grade Ⅲ contained 5 kinds of medicinal plants.Conclusion:The census of field traditional Chinese medicine resources in Shahekou District,Dalian City,Liaoning Province had been completed.The ecological environment of Shahekou District was relatively rich,and the evaluation model of medicinal plant resources constructed was scientific and reasonable.The development and utilization of medicinal resources such as Prunus persica,Laminaria japonica,Zanthoxylum schinifolium,Artemisia capil-laris,Ulva lactuca and Ulva pertusa could be preferred.
Medicinal plantResource investigationAnalytic hierarchy process