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TA 4721-PRC: Preparing the Shaanxi-Qinling Mountains Integrated Ecosystem Management Project<br />

<strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> Appendix 5<br />

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Fig.2 Vegetation vertical distribution in Tianyuhe river valley<br />

(a) A: Mixed fruit forest and Second growth shrubbery zone<br />

(b) B: Platycladus orientalis forest zone<br />

(c) C: Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata forest zone<br />

(d) D: Betula albo-sinensis forest zone<br />

(e) E: Abies fargesii forest zone<br />

(f) F: Larix chinensis forest zone<br />

(g) G: Subalpine shrubbery zone<br />

The primary species are Actinidia chinensis, Prunus davidiana, Prunus armeniaca, Juglans regia,<br />

Castanea mollissima, Broussonetia papyrifera and Euonymus alatus in the mixed fruit forest and<br />

second growth shrub zone (A). The constructive species of Platycladus orientalis forest zone is<br />

Platycladus orientalis and the associated species are Cercis chinensis, Acer grosseri, Cephalotaxus<br />

sinensis, Quercus spathulata (B). The constructive species of Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata forest<br />

zone is Quercus aliena var. acuteserrata and the associated species are Castanea mollissima,<br />

Carpinus sieboldiana var. mandshurica, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, Pinus armandii and Abelia dielsii<br />

(C). The constructive species of Betula albo-sinensis forest zone are Betula albo-sinensis and Betula<br />

utilis, and there are primary Sinarundinaria nitida, Berberis cicumserrata, Viburnum betulifolium,<br />

Euonymus phellomanus and Lonicera webbiana below the forest (D). The constructive species of<br />

Abies fargesii forest zone is Abies fargesii and the shrub below forest are primary Rhododendron<br />

purdomii, Lonicera webbiana, Ribes glaciale and Spiraea alpine (E). There are fewer shrubs and the<br />

herbage species are Androsace sp., Oxalis sp., Cardamina sp., Gentiana sp. And so on in Larix<br />

chinensis forest zone (F). The dominant species of shrub layer are Rhododendron capitatum,<br />

Rhododendron clementinae subsp. aureodorsale, Spiraea alpine and Berberis cicumserrata, and the<br />

dominant species of herbage layer are Kobresia graminifolia, Carex spp., Gentiana apiata and Poa<br />

spp. in Subalpine shrub zone (G).

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