山东半岛滨海沙滩前缘的野生植物

滨海沙滩是以海水影响为基本过程的地貌类型, 适应这种环境的植物类群与适生于内陆的沙地植物可能存在巨大差别。在野外调查的基础上, 分析了山东半岛滨海沙滩前缘的植物种类及其种间关系。结果表明: (1) 滨海沙滩前缘具有独特的优势种库, 包括沙钻苔草(Carex kobomugi)、肾叶打碗花(Calystegia soldanella)、粗毛鸭嘴草(Ischaemum bartatum)、单叶蔓荆(Vitex trifolia var. simplicifolia)、矮生苔草(Carex pumila)和沙引草(Messerschmidia sibirica)等; (2) 优势种库的成员都是潜在优势种, 它们之间主要呈抑制效应, 对库外物种几乎没有抑制效应, 甚至有互补或互利效应。在进化过程中, 这些潜在优势种可能已适应风暴潮的干扰, 不会因受风暴潮灾害而灭亡。当植物适应风暴潮后, 滨海沙滩不再是灾难环境, 反而变为适宜生境。为持续利用这些物种, 不仅要保护其赖以生存的天然生境, 还要开展引种栽培, 消除人们对野生资源的采挖动机。根据物种间的天然联系, 栽培时宜将具有互利或互补关系的物种间混种植, 不宜将具有抑制关系的物种间混种植。     

濒危植物紫纹兜兰群落特征及其保护

对广东省河源市紫金县白溪自然保护区紫纹兜兰（Paphiopedilum purpuratum（Lindl.）Stein）所在的2个群落进行了样方调查,分析了其生境、物种组成、群落区系特点及群落结构特征。结果显示,调查样地内共有维管束植物47科79属94种。属的区系成分中泛热带和热带亚洲成分占主要地位,占非世界分布总属数的84.3%,具有热带向亚热带过渡的性质。群落1中扇叶铁线蕨（Adiantum flabellulatum Linn.）和中华苔草（Carex chinensis Retz.）为优势种,紫纹兜兰仅为伴生种,群落2中紫纹兜兰为优势种。两群落均以小高位芽植物为主,但缺乏大高位芽植物、地面芽植物及一年生草本,而藤本植物的丰富则进一步加大了林下的郁闭度。综合生境因素比较两个群落表明,紫纹兜兰对环境具有极强的依赖性,对坡度坡向及环境湿度有一定的要求,对伴生植物并无明显的选择性。建议加强对紫纹兜兰的就地保护,同时加大对其栽培繁殖技术的研究。     

三江平原湿地典型植物群落物种多样性研究

以三江平原分布最广的毛果苔草(Carex lasiocarpa)群落和小叶章(Calamagrostis angustifolia)群落为研究对象,研究2个群落的植物物种及其组成特征。结果表明,毛果苔草群落以毛果苔草为优势种,以漂筏苔草(C.pseudocuraica)为亚优势种,二者的重要值之和为56.4%;小叶章群落以小叶章为优势种,其重要值为50.8%。物种多样性分析表明,毛果苔草群落和小叶章群落的Simpson指数(D)、Shannon-Wiener指数(H)和Pielou均匀度指数(J)均有较大波动,且H与J呈显著正相关,与D呈显著负相关,与S无显著相关关系;毛果苔草群落的H、D、J和S均高于小叶章群落,但差异不显著;2群落的相似性指数为46.5%,表明二者间存在一定的联系。     

洞庭湖四种优势湿地植物茎、叶通气组织的比较研究

对通气组织的解剖观察有助于了解湿地植物的生长、分布及对不同生境的适应。采用石蜡切片技术,在光学显微镜下对洞庭湖湿地沿水位高程梯度分布的4种优势植物——荻Miscanthus sacchariflorus、水蓼Polygonum hydropiper、红穗苔草Carex argyi、虉草Phalaris arundinacea的茎和叶解剖结构进行了比较研究。结果表明：茎通气组织的形成部位主要在皮层、维管束和髓腔,其中髓腔所占比例最大（〉77%）。茎通气组织大小为：水蓼（57.8%）〉红穗苔草（45.5%）≥虉草（41.7%）≥荻（37.8%）。4种湿地植物的叶均在叶肉组织和（或）维管束内形成通气组织,如荻、虉草的形成部位是维管束,水蓼的是叶肉组织,而红穗苔草在叶肉组织和维管束内均可以形成,但以叶肉组织中为主,占99%。红穗苔草叶通气组织最发达,为33.8%,其它3种植物相对不发达,仅为0.13%～1.68%。除虉草外,其它3种植物通气组织大小与其分布位置具有很好的一致性。可见,湿地植物通气组织与其分布有较好的相关性。     

不同积水生境对河南黄河湿地植物多样性的影响

湿地作为水陆交替的过渡地带,承担着重要的生态服务功能,湿地植物是生态功能作用发挥的基础。不同积水生境与湿地植物物种组成和分布关系密切。黄河流域是国家的重要生态屏障,湿地面积广阔,河南黄河湿地作为黄河湿地的重要组成部分,其积水生境对植物多样性的影响尚不清晰。为研究河南黄河湿地植物的多样性现状以及积水生境对其植物多样性的影响,采用样方和样线相结合的方法对河南省7个黄河湿地自然保护区中的湿地植物进行调查,共设置样方981个。重点分析了不同积水生境湿地植物的主要群系和物种组成,研究了各生境物种多样性和群落多样性特征（α多样性）,对比了的不同积水生境植物物种组成相似性和群落间相似程度（β多样性）,明确了各生境的植物物种排序和指示种。结果表明：（1）河南黄河湿地植物群系以草本群系为主,共发现188种湿地植物,分属56科,138属;（2）不同积水状况湿地植物物种丰富度大小依次为：季节性积水 > 永久性积水 > 间歇性积水 > 季节性水涝,主要群系总数与物种丰富度趋势表现一致;（3）不同积水生境湿地植物的物种组成存在显著差异,季节性积水和永久性积水生境中植物物种组成相似性和群落间相似程度最高,各积水生境均有明显的优势种和指示种。河南黄河湿地积水生境在不同流段差异显著,不同积水生境下植物多样性和主要植物群系有明显区别,进行湿地生态建设时,建议优先保护季节性积水生境,减少季节性水涝生境的产生,以达到维持物种多样性,发挥湿地最大生态价值的目的。     

沿土壤水分梯度黄囊苔草碳同位素组成及其适应策略的变化

 选取了内蒙古锡林河流域6个水分条件不同的典型植物群落,测定了各群落中黄囊苔草 (Carex korshinskyi) 叶片δ13C值、叶片含水量（LWC）及其种群特征的变化。结果表明：1）不同生境下,黄囊苔草叶片的碳同位素组成发生明显变化（变幅为1.8‰）。沿土壤水分梯度,随着土壤含水量的降低,黄囊苔草叶片δ13C值显著增大,水分利用方式更加保守。2）虽然不同生境下,黄囊苔草叶片含水量变化不大,但其叶片δ13C值与LWC表现出显著的负相关关系(p=0.051)。这表明黄囊苔草水分利用效率对其叶片水分状况变化的反应非常敏感。3）在不同生境下,黄囊苔草种群的植株高度、密度、地上生物量及其在群落中的出现频度明显不同。具有较高δ13C值的黄囊苔草种群在群落中出现的频度和地上生物量所占比例都显著增加。以上结果表明,生长在不同生境下的黄囊苔草种群能够通过改变其水分利用效率适应不同的土壤水分状况,使其在植物群落中表现出更强的竞争能力和生态适应性。     

羊草草原群落6种植物叶片功能特性对氮素添加的响应

 该文比较了羊草草原群落中包括建群种和优势种在内的6种植物,羊草（Leymus chinensis）、西伯利亚羽茅（Achnatherum sibiricum）、大 针茅（Stipa grandis）、 冰草（Agropyron cristatum）、糙隐子草（Cleistogenes squarrosa）和黄囊苔草（Carex korshinskyi）的比叶 面积(Specific leaf area, SLA)、叶片含氮量和叶绿素含量等叶片功能特性( Leaf functional trait)对氮素添加的响应,旨在探讨草原生态 系统中,不同物种对氮素可利用性改变的响应和适应对策。结果表明：随着氮素添加量的增加,物种对光资源的竞争增强,不同物种在光资源 的竞争策略和竞争力间存在着显著的差异。羊草通过提高SLA、单位质量叶片的叶绿素含量和含氮量,使单位面积叶片含氮量和叶绿素含量均呈 线性提高,进而增强了其对光的竞争力。西伯利亚羽茅主要通过提高SLA增加光合总面积,来增强自身的光竞争力。冰草在SLA和单位质量叶片 的叶绿素和氮含量均有一定的可塑性,但对光的竞争力明显弱于羊草和西伯利亚羽茅。大针茅和黄囊苔草对SLA的调节能力较低,加之大针茅 SLA较低,而黄囊苔草处于群落的下层,这两种植物的光竞争力较弱。糙隐子草具有较高的SLA,对单位质量叶片叶绿素和氮含量的调节能力相 对较强,其光竞争力高于黄囊苔草。同时,糙隐子草叶片叶绿素a与叶绿素b的比值沿氮素添加梯度显著降低,进一步证实氮素添加改变了群落 的光环境。     

Grazing-induced legacy effects enhance plant adaption to drought by larger root allocation plasticity

放牧诱导的植物遗留效应可以通过较大的根系分配可塑性增强其干旱适应性 为探索植物的放牧遗留效应是否有利于天然草原生态系统应对干旱环境,我们采集了 内蒙古典型草原自由放牧和多年围封样地内的冰草(Agropyron cristatum)和黄囊苔草(Carex korshinskyi)幼苗 进行了温室控水试验。研究结果表明,干旱处理对自由放牧样地采集的冰草和黄囊苔草子株生物量、子株数量和总生物量的影响较小;自由放牧区的冰草与黄囊苔草较强的干旱适应性可部分由干旱处理下较大的根系分配可塑性来解释。本研究结果表明合理放牧是天然草原适应气候变化的潜在管理办法之一。     

北京东灵山辽东栎林优势植物水分适应特性

以北京东灵山辽东栎（Quercus liaotungensis)林内17种成年优势植物为对象,系统测定了植物水分饱儿状态下的渗透率（Ψπsat）、膨压丧失点的渗透势（Ψπlp)、细胞壁可塑性模量系数（ε）和膨压丧失点的水分饱和亏缺（WSDtlp）。通过林内外不同生境条件下4种参数比较,论述了不同植物对林外水分条件的适应特征。分析了林内外17个物种的Ψπsat与ε的关系,在林外两者的关系可用y=0.6338-0.11344x 0.00305x^2表示;在林内可用y=-0.7932-0.07296x 0.0029x^2表示（y:Ψπsat;x;ε）。根据不同植物4个水分参数在林内外生境条件下的适应模式,利用聚类分析的方法,将17个物种划分成3个水分适应类型,每一个类型均有特殊的水分平衡机制和水分关系参数调节格式。     

季节性雪被对青藏高原东缘高寒草甸2种优势植物碳、氮积累和分配的影响

依据2006~2008冬季的自然雪被分布状况,在青藏高原东缘的高寒草甸中设置3条样带（即深雪、中雪和浅雪）。在2009年的生长季,在3个雪梯度样带中,分别测定了2种优势植物圆穗蓼（Polygonum macrophyllum）和黑褐穗苔草（Carex atrofusca subsp. Minor）生物量和碳氮营养积累及分配的动态特征。结果表明,深雪能够促进圆穗蓼和黑褐穗苔草生物量和碳氮养分的积累,可能使它们产生的凋落物数量更多且质量更好。深雪更有利于圆穗蓼（非禾本科草本植物）根系生物量、碳氮养分的积累;深雪不仅同时促进黑褐穗苔草（禾本科植物）地上部分和根系生物量、碳氮积累,而且还使其种子产量增加和质量提高,潜在地增强了黑褐穗苔草种子的繁殖能力,可能使得黑褐穗苔草的种间竞争能力增强。可以预见,未来季节性雪被的变化,必定会引起青藏高原东缘高寒草甸的初级生物量及其结构、植物群落物种组成等均发生相应变化。     

Sandblasting as a possible factor controlling the distribution of plants on a coastal dune system

Intensity of the abrasive effect of wind-borne sand – sandblasting – in addition to other environmental factors was measured at two vegetation zones on a sandy beach and one site at an inland area. One zone on the beach included foredunes sparsely vegetated by dune species such as Carex kobomugi and Calystegia soldanella. The other zone which was located ∼50 m inland from the first zone was flat grassland dominated by inland species such as Miscanthus sinensis and Imperata cylindrica var. Koenigii. The inland site consisted of short grassland located 3 km inland from the beach. Intensity of sandblasting was estimated by the whiteness of a transparent plastic sheet exposed to the air for 2 weeks. This sheet turned whitely opaque when it was abraded by wind-borne sand. The other environmental factors measured at the beach were intensity of salt spray, soil water content, soil salinity, and sand accumulation, while intensity of salt spray was the only additional factor measured at the inland site. Intensity of sandblasting was considerably higher at the foredune zone, while that at the grassland zone was as low as that at the inland site. Considerable salt spray was detected at the foredune and grassland zones. Differences in other environmental factors were small between the two zones on the beach. In order to compare the difference in tolerance to sandblasting, a jet of sand was applied to one ordinary species, C. kobomugi, from the foredune and two species, M. sinensis and I. cylindrica, from the grassland zone. The difference in tolerance was determined by the decrease in the area of green leaf after applying sandblasting with commercial sandblaster and/or spraying with sea water. M. sinensis and I. cylindrica lost much of the leaf area after sandblasting and salt spraying, while C. kobomugi lost little. These results indicated that one of the characteristic environmental factors of a foredune is the high intensity of sandblasting accompanied by salt spray, and that species found in the foredune are more tolerant to sandblasting than species distributing in more inland areas.     

Monograph of Carex section Schiedeanae (Cyperaceae): Unexpected taxonomic and ecological diversity in a Mexican sedge clade

Carex section Schiedeanae (subg. Euthyceras) has long been thought to comprise at most five species of Mexican sedges. Our morphological studies in the field and herbarium, however, supported by more recent DNA sequencing work, demonstrate that the section is, in fact, three times as species-rich, making it one of the largest sections in Mexico. Its 15 species range from Chihuahua to Tamaulipas south to Veracruz and Oaxaca; a single species, Carex muriculata, extends into the United States. The section has unusual inflorescences with simple (except in Carex complexa), uniformly androgynous, sessile spikes, utriculiform cladoprophylls, and perigynia with a unique combination of pubescence types composed of papillae; unicellular, simple hairs; and (in many species) multicellular tubercles. We recognize five previously described species (C. muriculata,Carex perstricta,Carex schiedeana, Carex stellata, and Carex vizarronensis) and describe 10 additional species (Carex angustilepis, Carex cabralii, Carex complexa, Carex dentata, Carex gypsophila, Carex mesophila, Carex paneroi, Carex planilamina, Carex revoluta, and Carex tehuacana). We have expanded the morphological features used in the section to include particularly anther, staminate scale, and style features, and more detailed micromorphology of the perigynia, especially indumentum. In total, 13 of the 15 species recognized herein, with a total of 32 individuals, were examined for ETS and ITS for phylogenetic reconstruction. Phylogenetically, the xeric species (plus C. paneroi) form a grade leading to a clade of the more mesophytic species adapted to forest understories, plus the unique cliff dwelling C. complexa.     

Germination and establishment of forest sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae): tests for home-site advantage and effects of leaf litter

We investigated aspects of germination and seedling establishment that might influence the distribution and diversity of Carex species growing in the forest understory. We tested the ability of Carex communis and C. platyphylla to germinate and establish at plots where adult individuals of one of these two species, or one of two other Carex species (C. backii and C. plantaginea), occurred in an old-growth forest in southern Québec, Canada. We also tested for effects of leaf litter on germination and establishment of these sedges. From a series of experiments in the field and in a lath house, we found no evidence of home-site advantage with respect to germination or seedling establishment. Leaf litter had a negative effect on germination and establishment. The results emphasize the importance of dispersal and colonization events in determining local diversity and distribution of Carex species in upland forests. High frequency of occurrence of C. communis at our study site may result from relatively wide dispersal provided by ants, and a suite of traits associated with ant dispersal in some understory Carex species.     

Environmental distribution of four Carex species (Cyperaceae) in an old-growth forest

We conducted an in-depth characterization of the range of micro-environments (1 m) in which four Carex species (C. backii, C. communis, C. plantaginea, and C. platyphylla) grow in the understory of an old-growth, deciduous forest in southern Québec, Canada. All four species occurred in significantly different micro-environments. Carex plantaginea was found at the wet end of a moisture gradient, in soils with high nitrate availability. Carex backii and C. platyphylla were found at the dry end of the moisture gradient, with C. backii occupying soils with higher phosphorus availability than C. platyphylla. Carex communis, the only ant-dispersed species studied, was found in the broadest range of environmental conditions. Our results suggest that environmental heterogeneity and interspecific microhabitat preferences are important for the maintenance of local species diversity in the forest understory, not only for common species as demonstrated in previous studies, but for infrequent species, and those within a functional group (upland Carex species). However, there was some evidence that the distributions of C. backii and C. communis were not in equilibrium with current environmental conditions, indicating that historical factors, such as dispersal and colonization events, may also have important effects on the distributions of these species and the maintenance of species diversity in old-growth forest.     

Zonal plant distribution and edaphic and micrometeorological conditions on a coastal sand dune

Some edaphic and meteorological conditions were examined to detect environmental gradients from shoreline to inland at the Kado-ori coast, Ibaraki, Japan, in 1989. Zonal distribution patterns of coastal dune plant species, including three ubiquitous perennials,Calystegia soldanella, Carex kobomugi andIschaemum anthephoroides, were described in relation to the environmental gradients. Environmental gradients were found in water availability, evaporative demand and soil-water salinity. Water availability, evaluated by thickness of capillary water layer, increased from 10 cm at 20 m to 48 cm at 85 m from the shoreline, reflecting the percentage of fine sand. Evaporative demand, which was evaluated by the evaporation rate from a wet black filter paper, decreased with increasing distance from the shoreline. Soil-water salinity was lowest (15 mmol/L) at 85 m from the shoreline and highest (90 mmol/L) at 30m. On the coast,C. soldanella, a salt-tolerant perennial, was distributed mainly in the environmentally harsh area 40–60 m from the shoreline.Ischaemum anthephoroides andC. kobomugi, less salt-tolerant perennials, occurred mainly 70–80 m from the shoreline, where environmental conditions were more hospitable.     

江苏海岸沙生植被的研究

 海岸沙生植被系由沙生植物和一些耐沙植物所组成的隐域植被,具旱生性质;种类组成简单,只24种,隶属18科,21属。此外,在砂质海岸听见的一个向森林演替的群落地段,含有19种木本,21种草本植物,概为新发观的耐沙植物,根据组成植物的生活型分析,作了沙生植被的生活型谱。 海岸沙生植被可分为草本与木本两个基本类型、共6个群落。它们的演替规律作了论述。最后讨论了沙生植被的开发、利用及保护问题。     

Effects of sandblasting and salt spray on inland plants transplanted to coastal sand dunes

A transplant experiment was conducted on a sandy beach to elucidate whether salt spray and sandblasting are the major factors inhibiting inland plants from becoming established on coastal sand dunes. Potted inland plants of Miscanthus sinensis and Imperata cylindrica var. koenigii were transplanted in two zones on the beach and in one area far inland from the beach. One zone on the beach (sea side) was located on a front dune that was occupied by native sand-dune plants; the other zone (land side) was located behind the sand dunes, where grassland comprised both sand-dune and inland species. To assess the condition of transplants, we measured changes in the canopy leaf area periodically at all sites. The final dry weight at each site was determined at the end of the experiment. Seasonal changes in sandblasting and salt spray intensities were evaluated periodically at the sites by measurement of the opaqueness of exposed transparent plastic sheets and the amount of sodium trapped in exposed filter papers, respectively. All transplants died in the sea-side zone, where both salt spray and sandblasting were most frequent and intense. The final dry weight was greatest at the inland site, which lacked salt spray and sandblasting. Although salt spray was intense in the land-side zone, the canopy leaf area decreased considerably only in seasons during which salt spray was accompanied by intense sandblasting. We concluded that sandblasting accompanied by salt spray is one of the main factors inhibiting the survival and growth of inland plants on coastal sand dunes.     

Is the combination of topsoil replacement and inoculation with plant material an effective tool for the restoration of threatened sandy grassland?

Question: Is it possible to restore dry calcareous inland sand ecosystems with their characteristic plant community structure within a 4‐yr period by means of combined abiotic–biotic techniques (topsoil replacement, inoculation with raked/mown plant material from target areas)? Location: Upper Rhine valley, Germany. Methods: Two 4‐year experiments were carried out on former arable land, each in the proximity of a reference area bearing a similar complex of threatened sandy grasslands (experiment 1: fine‐scale; experiment 2: landscape scale). In both experiments we used nutrient‐poor deep‐sand substrate (abiotic approach), raked/mown inoculation material from target areas and grazing as management tool (biotic and management approach). The vegetation of the restoration and donor areas was sampled once a year and analysed by non‐metric multidimensional scaling (NMDS) ordination and target‐species ratios. Mixed linear models were calculated to determine effects of grazing (experiment 1) and year (both experiments). Results: NMDS revealed a continuous development of the restored sites towards the corresponding donor sites. Similarly, target‐species ratios of the restored sites tended towards the ratios of the donor sites. To date, grazing effects have mainly been structural: reduction of a carpet‐forming pleurocarpous moss species and of litter. In addition, cover of target species in relation to total plant cover was significantly enhanced by grazing in the last two study years. Conclusions: The combination of nutrient‐poor substrate, inoculation with raked/mown plant material and grazing proved to be a very effective restoration method for dry base‐rich sand ecosystems. After 4 yr the restored plant communities serve as well‐developed parts of a habitat network.