Landscape Tree Planting and Maintenance Manual

Author: Wang Linghui
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This book combines practical landscape gardening, selectively including common ornamental tree species in China with prominent ornamental characteristics and extensive application in greening. It covers some subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars of these tree species. For each species, it provides detailed information on morphological characteristics, ornamental phenology, geographical distribution, ecological habits, propagation methods, cultivation and maintenance, and landscape uses. Particular emphasis is placed on cultivation and maintenance, which is a key focus of the book. The book collects 819 common woody plants (cultivated and wild) in major cities and scenic areas across China, plus subspecies, varieties, forms, cultivars, and additional species, totaling 1,166 species, belonging to 120 families and 428 genera. The arrangement of families in the book follows Zheng Wanjun's system (1978) for gymnosperms and Hutchinson's system (1959) for angiosperms. Within each family, genera and species are arranged in alphabetical order. Additionally, to facilitate readers in identification and reference, the book includes numerous color illustrations, a Chinese name index, and a Latin name index. This book combines practical landscape gardening, selectively including common ornamental tree species in China with prominent ornamental characteristics and extensive application in greening. It covers some subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars of these tree species. For each species, it provides detailed information on morphological characteristics, ornamental phenology, geographical distribution, ecological habits, propagation methods, cultivation and maintenance, and landscape uses. Particular emphasis is placed on cultivation and maintenance, which is a key focus of the book. The book collects 819 common woody plants (cultivated and wild) in major cities and scenic areas across China, plus subspecies, varieties, forms, cultivars, and additional species, totaling 1,166 species, belonging to 120 families and 428 genera. The arrangement of families in the book follows Zheng Wanjun's system (1978) for gymnosperms and Hutchinson's system (1959) for angiosperms. Within each family, genera and species are arranged in alphabetical order. Additionally, to facilitate readers in identification and reference, the book includes numerous color illustrations, a Chinese name index, and a Latin name index.