DIVISION OF NATURAL VEGETATION TYPE IN GUANGDONG PROVINCE: THE CONIFEROUS FOREST
广东省自然植被类型划分的探讨-针叶林

Various classification systems of vegetation in Guangdong Province had been proposed for specific purposes. They are not completely suitable for the purpose of mapping digitized vegetation distribution with the assist of geographic information system, global position system and remote sensing. The author proposes a new scheme for the division of vegetation type in Guangdong Province. In this paper, a complete list of coniferous forest in Guangdong is presented, viz. 2 vegetation types, 4 sub-vegetation types and 14 vegetation formations and their representative associations : 1. Warm coniferous forest: (A) Subtropical evergreen coniferous forest: (a) Formation Pinus massoniana, (b) Formation Cunninghamia lanceolata, (c) Formation Pinus kwangtungensis, (d) Formation Tsuga longibracteata; (e) Formation Podocarpus nagi, (f) Formation Fokienia hodginsii, (B) Subtropical deciduous coniferous forest: (g) Formation Glytostrobus pensilis, (h) Formation Tax odium distichum, (C) Subtropical needle-broad leaves mixed forest: (i) Needle-broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Pinus massoniana, (j) Needle--broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Cunninghamia lanceolata; (k) Needle-broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Podocarpus fleuryi; (l) Needle-broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Pinus kwangtungensis; (m) Needle-broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Tsuga longibracteata, 2. Hot coniferous forest: (D) Tropical evergreen coniferous forest: (n) Formation Pinus fatten.