Table 1: Vegetation types in bar-headed goose home range around Qinghai Lake, China. Data was provided by the Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences and vegetation types identified by the Qinghai Lake National Nature Reserve.

Vegetation types Community Distributed sites Steppe Stipa krylovii Upper Lucidao, Dandao Allium przewalskianum Haixinshan, Dandao Leymus spp. Niaodao Leymus spp., Alkaligrass North of Buhahe Delta Artemisiia annua linn Sankuaishi Desert steppe Stipa breviflora Gazihe, Haixinshan Swamp meadow Blysmus sinocompressus Garila, Heimahe, Gazihe wetland Blysmus sinocompressus, Daotanghe wetland Blysmus sinocompressus Qinghaihunongchang Blysmus sinocompressus, Dandao Blysmus sinocompressus, East of Shadao Polygonum sibiricum, Glaux Lower Lucidao Alkaligrass Shenhekou Alkaligrass, Polygonum sibiricum Quanwan wetland Polygonum sibiricum, Glaux Tiebuqiahekou Kobresia graminifolia Xiaohupo Eleocharis valleculosa Hadatan Saline meadow Leymus spp., Potentilla anserine Qaunjihekou Alkaligrass, Glaux maritima Shaliuhekou Alkaligrass, Glaux maritime, sedge Shadao Polygonum sibiricum Shaliuhekou 2 Alpine meadow Kobresia pygmaea, Kobresia Village of Garila Shrubs Myricaria squamosa Buhahe, Shaliuhe Abandoned cropland Snowmastiff, Wildrye Leymus spp. Qinghaihunongchang