Research Article

Ecological Effects of Roads on the Plant Diversity of Coastal Wetland in the Yellow River Delta

Table 1

List  of  plant  species  distributed  in  roadsides  (range  of  25 m)  of  the  Yellow  River  Delta during  our  investigation.

SpeciesFamilyPlots  of  earth  
roadside
Plots  of  asphalt  
roadside
HalophyteExoticsLife  form

Amaranthus retroflexus AmaranthaceaeYHerb
Amaranthus viridis AmaranthaceaeYYYYHerb
Rhus typhina L.AnacardiaceaeYYArbor
Apocynum venetum L.ApocynaceaeYYYShrub
Metaplexisjaponica (Thunb.) MakinoAsclepiadaceaeYYLiane
Cynanchum chinense R. Br.AsclepiadaceaeYYYLiane
Atriplex centralasiatica IljinChenopodiaceaeYYHerb
Chenopodium hybridum L.ChenopodiaceaeYYYHerb
Suaeda salsa (L.) Pall.ChenopodiaceaeYYYHerb
Suaeda glauca (Bunge) BungeChenopodiaceaeYYYHerb
Kochiascoparia (L.) Schrad.ChenopodiaceaeYYHerb
Cirsium maackii Maxim. CompositaeYHerb
Taraxacum mongolicum Hand.-Mazz.CompositaeYYHerb
Artemisia argyi Levl. et Van.CompositaeYYYHerb
Scorzonera mongolica Maxim.CompositaeYYHerb
Artemisia capillaris CompositaeYYHerb
Sonchus oleraceus L.CompositaeYYYHerb
Dendranthema indicum (L.) Des Moul.CompositaeYYYHerb
Pharbitis nil (L.) ChoisyConvolvulaceaeYYHerb
Convolvulus arvensis L.ConvolvulaceaeYYHerb
Cuscuta chinensis Lam.ConvolvulaceaeYYYYCancerroot
Cyperus rotundus L.CyperaceaeYHerb
Carex tristachya Thunb.CyperaceaeYYHerb
Ephedra sinica StapfEphedraceae DumortierYYHerb
Imperata cylindrica (L.)  Beauv.GramineaeYYYHerb
Triarrhena sacchariflora (Maxim.) NakaiGramineaeYHerb
Setaria viridis  (L.) Beauv.GramineaeYYHerb
Chloris virgata Sw.GramineaeYYHerb
Alopecurus aequalis Sobol.GramineaeYHerb
Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.GramineaeYYYHerb
Aeluropus sinensis (Debeaux) Tzvel.GramineaeYYYHerb
Calamagrostis epigeios (L.) RothGramineaeYYHerb
Leonurus artemisia (Laur.) S. Y. HuLabiataeYYHerb
Melilotus officinalis LeguminosaeYYYHerb
Robinia pseudoacacia LeguminosaeYArbor
Medicago sativa L.LeguminosaeYYYHerb
Glycine soja Sieb. et Zucc.LeguminosaeYYYHerb
Humulus scandens MoraceaeYYYHerb
Epilobium hirsutum L.OnagraceaeYYYHerb
Limonium bicolor (Bag.) KuntzePlumbaginaceaeYYHerb
Polygonum orientale L.PolygonaceaeYYHerb
Polygonum lapathifolium L.PolygonaceaeYYHerb
Portulaca oleracea L.PortulacaceaeYYHerb
Salix matsudana SalicaceaeYYArbor
Veronica didyma TenoreScrophulariaceaeYYHerb
Datura stramonium Linn.SolanaceaeYYYHerb
Tamarix chinensis Lour.TamaricaceaeYYYShrub
Typha orientalis TyphaceaeYYYHerb