Abstract: | Abstracts:The indigenous trees in Cixi City in Zhejiang Province have been investigated and studied , and a list of 65 species of ornamental trees of blue or black fruit has been gotten, which belonged to 25 families and 39 genera. Among them, 16 new records species were found out, which belonged to 9 families and 13 genera.In addltion,geographical distribution, fruit colors, mature period and ornamental value of fruit were analysed. All species were classified and studied according to their uses, i.e., being used as garden ornamental trees, being used in ecological protection, afforesting in coastal saline soil, covering with green on section and slope, afforesting the wet land and other aspects. Finally, the characteristics and values of 4 important species have been described. |