Connection between Moisture of Plant Species (Senecio L.) and Elevation in Shan County

Bing-Hua Liao 1, 2, *

1 Henan Province Key Laboratory of Germplasm Innovation and Utilization of Eco-economic Wood Plant, the Vital Laboratory of Ecological Restoration in Hilly Areas, The Key Laboratory of Ecological Restoration in Hilly Areas, Institute of chemistry and environmental engineering, Ping-ding-shan University, Ping-ding-shan City, 467000, China.
2 Institute of life and science, Henan University, Kai-feng City, He-nan Province, 475004, China.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Scientific Research Updates, 2021, 02(01), 029–036.
Article DOI: 10.53430/ijsru.2021.2.1.0039
Publication history: 
Received on 23 October 2021; revised on 30 November 2021; accepted on 02 December 2021
 
Abstract: 
A key plant species (Senecio L.) not only is a vital multilevel functional medicinal material of indications of respiratory tract infections, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, pneumonia, conjunctivitis, enteritis, dysentery, but also it is a widely distributed wide plant species. This plant species is widely distributed elevation from 500m to 1500m in six landscapes and vegetation ecosystems in Shan County of China. However, understanding dynamics of moisture of this species is difficult along elevation. This research explained that the connection between moisture of the species and elevation is a significant positive connection from 500m to 1000m (P<0.01) as well as the connection between moisture of this species and elevation is a significant negative connection from 1000m to 1500m (P<0.01). This study provides six ecosystem types and a series of areas ecological adaptation for the finding new medicinal species. Therefore, this study has vital theoretical and practical significance for medicinal plant protection along different elevation and environmental gradient over the spatial-temporal-environmental-disturbance scales (STEDS) in the multilevel green space diversity.
 
Keywords: 
Moisture of biomass; Elevation; Connection; Adaptation; Eco-functional value; Medicinal plant
 
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