Study on the Characters of Tree Stratum of Pinuslatteri Forest in Bawangling Forestry Area of Hainan Province
- Received Date: 2002-04-29
Abstract: The natural forest of Pinus latteri in the Bawangling Forestry Area of Hainan Province, which is absolutely dominated by Pinus latteri, is a rare and typical multi storied, mixed and uneven aged forest, and is a precious tropical coniferous vegetation type. The tree stratum of the Pinus latteri forest can be divided obviously into 3 sub strata. The richness of tree species, Shannon Wiener index of tree species, evenness of tree species and average growing stock of the natural Pinus latteri forest are 20-1.65-0.38 and 372.5 m3·hm-2, respectively. The population of Pinus latteri is a kind of stable population.