AN INVESTIGATION OF PLANT RESOURCES ON DAWU MOUNTAIN

Dawu mountein with the second highest peak in Guangdong province, is located at the juncture of Gaozhou County and Xinyi County. This paper reports the results of a preliminary survey of the plant resources of this mountain which revealed 184 families, 629 genera and 1209 species of wild vascular plannts, including 36 families, 67 genera and 124 species of Pteridophytes, 4 families, 5 genera and 5 species of the Gymnospermae, 144 families, 557 genera and 1080 species of the Angiospermae. Among them, 40 are new to Guangdong, 14 are unique to Dawu mountain (including 7 new species), and 7 are precious, rare and endangered species protected by national act. It is that authorities concerned promptly take m-easures to establish a natural reserve.