Screening of Quality Ornamental Trees in Xinyang City

Located in the transitional area from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone,Xinyang City is endowed with rich plant resources.With the development of modem urban landscape architecture,Xinyang City has had increasing needs on quality ornamental tree species.In view of the badly-needed ornamental tree species of local landscaping,this paper screened 20 ornamental tree species from the previously-investigated ones,then applied Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP) to establish the evaluation system according to ornamental characteristics of these species(such as flower color),and used this system to evaluate the preliminarily-chosen species,finally selected 7 species that can be widely applied,and 5 species that can be moderately applied.

花楸树——城市绿化的新贵

花楸树为蔷薇科苹果亚科花楸属植物,落叶乔木或灌木,高达8m。具有很高的园林观赏价值。花楸树引种驯化成功并应用于城市园林绿化,将为北方城市增添一道亮丽的风景线,对丰富城市绿化树种特别是首都北京的绿化建设具有重要意义。