A Pilot Study on the Type and Succession of Vegetation on the South Edge of Maowusu Sandy Land

The results of investigation and analysis showed the sandy vegetation on the south edge of Maowusu Sandy Land is a transitive type from grassland to desert,and can be divided into 19 vegetation sub-type belonging to 5 vegetation types.The process of vegetation succession can be divided into 4 phases by spatial analysis,i.e.natural sparse psammophyte stage,artificail shrub forest stage,artificial shrub-natural semi-shrub-natural herbaceous stage and natural herbaceous dominant stage.