Investigation of Wetland Plant Resources in Zhoushan Islands

There are 68870.72 hectares of wetland in Zhoushan Islands, Zhejiang province, among them, 62769.32 hectare of coastal area, 18007 hectare of riparian area and 5921.33 hectare of artificial one. Investigations demonstrated that there were 517 species of vascular plants, belonging to 97 families and 311 genera, among them, 14 species of ferns, 5 species of gymnosperm, 519 species of angiosperm. Wetland vegetation of Zhoushan Islands could be divided into 11 types and 64 formations, including 7 cultivation formations.