Analysis on the landscape pattern of the vegetation in Baiyunshan Scenic Spot,Guangzhou

The landscape pattern of the vegetation in Baiyunshan Scenic Spot,Guangzhou was studied.The results show that the vegetational landscape dominates in the landscape of Baiyunshan absolutely,the total areas and total perimeters of the vegetational landscape patches are 77.58 percent and 77.60 percent of the whole landscape of Baiyunshan,respectively.And the differences of every patch areas and perimeters are very big.The evergreen broadleaved forest is characterizedby the largest patch number and the largest total patch area(12.720km²).The vegetational landscape in the area is a type of grain landscape now,the fragmentation is small,the grain structure shows that the small patches are more and large ones less in number,but the shapes of patches are regular in the area,and the differences of patches in the same types are very small.The evergreen broadleaved forest type is the smallest fragmentation,while the sparsity forest,grassland,and fruit types are the bigger fragmentations.