Floristic Study of Wild Vegetable Plants in Shandong Province

The area of Shandong province is about 153 thousands km2 where there are 225 species of wild vegetables belong to 52 families and 142 genera.Wild vegetable are plants born in nature and without man-made cultivating and domestication,which can be used as edible vegetables.The characteristics of genera of wild vegetables in Shandong province were summarized as follows: spermophyte determine the flora of wild vegetables in Shandong province;the flora of wild vegetables in Shandong province were belong to north temperate;a great deal of the wild vegetables in Shandong province were herbs;plenty of wild vegetables in Shandong province were seeding and leaf vegetables.