title: [Resources investigation of medicinal plants of Huangfu mountain in city of Chuzhou based on grid sampling method].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct preliminary investigation to the species and reserves of medicinal plants in Huangfu Mountain, and to provide references to the general survey of those plants for medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Combined with global positioning system (GPS), the program of investigation with grid sampling was used in this resource survey of medicinal plants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After the preliminary investigation of the plants for medical use of Huangfu Mountain, it is found that there are 103 families with 313 kinds of plants. There are many medicinal plants and large distribution, such as Pseudostellaria heterophylla, Semiaguilegia adoxoides and Pinellia ternate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Huangfu Mount, with so many different kinds of medicinal plants and comfortable environment for part of the medicinal plants to grow, could be developed as a base for planting Chinese herbal medicines.
authors.affiliation: National Resource Center for Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing 100700, China. zhouliangyun0501@163.com
authors.forename: Liang-Yun
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Jia-Shui
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qing-Shan
authors.initials: QS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jian-Li
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shou-Dong
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Wei-Feng
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Lan-Ping
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology; D004463:Ecology; D040362:Geographic Information Systems / Q000295:instrumentation; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal