Medicinal Plant Resources and Their Diversity in Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve

Authors Zhou You; Liu Li; Zhang Mingjie; Yu Junlin

Journal Scientia Silvae Sinicae , 2005,6:41

Abstract Based on investigation for three years, the medicinal plants in Changbai Mountain Notional Nature Reserve were studied first in the present paper. 613 species of medicinal plants belonging to 333 genera and 106 families, which accounted for 58.21% ,69.66% and 88.21% of the total species, genera and families of wild medicinal plant resources in Jinlin Province respectively. Of which 39 rare and endangered medicinal plants accounted for 63.93 % of the endangered medicinal plants in Changbai Mountain. 19 species of native medicinal plants in the northeast. 413 species of perennial herbs medicinal plants, which accounted for 67.37 % of total medicinal plants in Nature Reserve. In this area, the medicinal plants of whole plant （herb）, roots, and rhizomes used for medicinal materials accounted for 50.08 % , 16.48 % and 12.89 % of the total number of medicinal plants, respectively. 46.10% of species belonged to north temperate type. 94.29 % of species distributed in Korean Pine broad-conifer mixed forests zone with an altitude of 720 - 1 000 m. Dominant families were mainly Composiatae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, and so on. Dominant genera were mainly Polygonum, Aconitum, and so on. The concrete suggestions of protection and exploitation were put forward.

Species covered 蓼属 Polygonum