Abstract:

Based on the investigation on resources of old and famous trees in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area,a composite index system for landscape evaluation of old and famous trees was built from the aesthetic values,ecological values and resources requirement values，and the old and famous trees were evaluated by analytic hierarchy process(AHP) and fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE) method．The results showed that,tree gesture was the most influential factor for landscape evaluation of old and famous trees by this evaluation system,followed by interesting legends,color,plant season change,etc.From all of the 449 old and famous trees in Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area,14 plants belong to extremely high level,accounting for 312% of total;84 plants belong to high level,accounting for 1871%;217 plants belong to medium,accounting for 4833%;123 plants belong to poor,accounting for 2739%;11 plants belong to very poor,accounting for 245%.The species with higher landscape value are 〖WTBX〗Ginkgo biloba,Pinus taiwanensis,Osmamthus fragrans,Diospyros glaucifolia,Lindera megaphylla,Acer buergerianum,Emmenopterys henryi,Lindera erythrocarpa〖WTBZ〗,and the scenic spots are Taibaishutang,Ganlusi and Tonghuisi.〖