Study On The Landscape And Application Of Aquatic Woody Plants

Aquatic woody plant refers to the plants which can grow under environment that containsexcessive moisture (e.g. underwater, swamp and damp area along the banks). It has a good applicationprospect, due to its abundant resource, ecological functions and landscape effects. However, there is ashortage in the research and application of aquatic woody plant.Starting with the resource of aquatic woody plant, the dissertation takes literature consulting, fieldsurvey, systematic analysis and project design as methods. Judging by moisture-tolerance of the seed,the very strong and the strong moisture-tolerance woody plants are enlisted. The list includes924species, falling in98families,221genera. Among these genera, Taxodium, Salix, Glyptostrobus, Ficus,Larix, Betula, Alnus and etc. are more often applied and producing better landscape effects. Thevegetation whose dominant species are aquatic woody plants can be divided into swamp forests andshrub swamp. It lays a foundation of further study on aquatic woody plant.In order to bring the aquatic woody plant into water landscape which can enrich the esthetics andspace, the mean of sight is summarized, such as enriching the facade, strengthening spaces andenriching the seasonal phenomena. The dissertation analyses the ornamental feature of aquatic woodyplant through the scale, shape, color and texture, and the art composition of point, line and surface. Thelandscape features also include the seasonal phenomena changes embodied in color, structure, flowersand fruits. Several matured and typical aquatic woody plant cases are chosen to investigated andanalyzed, from which the typical landscape of different types of plant community are summarized.Currently, there are still some problems existed in the application of aquatic woody plant, such as lackof landscape application, species and scientifically exploitation and protection.At last, relying on the design projects such as Ningbo Botanical Garden and Xiang Lake TouristResort, the dissertation discusses the design of aquatic woody plant landscape, from the perspectives ofplant selection, landform design and community design.