Plant Resources Investigation and Exploitation of Hongshuang Forestry Centre in Rui'an County,Zhejiang Province

According to preliminary statistics,there exists a total of 1055 species falling into 538 genera,167 families of vascular plants in Hongshuang Forestry Centre in Rui'an County,Zhejiang Province.Among them,there are 715 species of resource plants which have utilization value belonging to 429 genera of 157 families.Based on their properties and application,there are 14 types including timber plants,medicinal plants,oil plants,fiber plants,starch plants,edible plants,aromatic plants,tannic plants,healthy drinking plants,herbage and forage plants,protect and transform environment plants,ornamental plants,agrochemical plants and nectar plants.And the species of medicinal plants is the richest.Then taking 234 species of the commonly used medicinal plants as an illustrative example,the utilization prospect of plant resources was evaluated by evaluation method which was mainly on the basis of the available utilization amount of plant resources.The results showed that 46.2% commonly used medicinal plants could be developed and utilized,for their evaluation values were all above 12.At last,some suggestions for the protection and utilization of plant resources in Hongshuang Forestry Centre were given.