Studies On Wild Forage Plant Resources And Ethnobotany In Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner

In the present study,the author analyzed the basic composition and the diversity of flora composition in the Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner,and studied the traditional knowledge and experience on wild forage plants of the local mongolian folk.The results are as follows:(1)By survey of the wild forage plants, there are 357 species(including lower taxa of species) in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner,which belongs to 225 genera and 79 families.The dominant family was poaceae, the next wereAsteraceae,Fabaceae,Cyperaceae,Rosaceae,Chenopodiaceae,Liliacea e, Polygonaceae,Apiaceae and Lamiaceae, which accounted for 64.98% of all plants. And it is the distinctive features for flora composition in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner.The largest genus was Artemisia,the next was Carex,Polygonum, Chenopodium,Salix,Potentilla, Astragalus, Allium and Cirsium,which occupied 17.36% of all species.It is critical importance in flora composition.(2) Just for areal types,the familie's flora composition of wild forage plants has 3 types,among them,the World distribution is the big one,which has 39 families,Temperate has 17 families.plant genera were divided into 15 areal-types and 10 subtypes. And the wild forage plants were divided into 14 distribution pattern.Floristic composition in this area was mainly temperate components, which has 167species. And this result reflected the vegetation types in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner are relatively rich, and the origin and the formation of flora is complex.(3) The Plant Life form in this area were mainly herbs,which has 313 species,and accounted for 87.68% of all species. Vegetation types in this area were comprised of herbs as main part.Ecological type was mainly typical plant which had 221 species,and occupied 61.90% of all species.there are good and moderate forage plants with 208 species,and accounted for 58.26% of all species. Forage plants in study area were mainly good forage plant and moderate forage plant(4) The people of mongolian living in Horqin Left Wing Rear Banner have accumulated abundant traditional knowledge and experience in wild forage plants during the long term agri-nomadic practice. In total,there are 137 local forage plant's name recorded by interviews which corresponded with 101 species 5 varietas, belonging to 33 families 79 genera. Local Mongolian folk has not only the diverse bases of naming of wild forage plants but also has according to morphological characteristics, growing environment, borrowed name and uses. These folk name can give for rational language studies of mongolian vocabularies.(5) For the understanding of wild forage plants,local Mongolian mainly manifested in the understanding of excellent grass, the value of forage plants and forage plants palatability for different livestock.The local evaluation of fine pasture which has important ethnoecology significance and practical value was based on the local community, the status of grassland live stock palatability, the characteristics in different seasons.