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A bird and butterfly-attractive ecological landscape  with Woodfordia fruticosa

  

  1. 1. Guangdong Vocational College of Environmental Protection Engineering, Foshan 528216; 2. Shenzhen Park Service,Shenzhen 518000; 3. Fairylake Botanical Garden, Shenzhen & Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518000; 4. Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275; 5. Shenzhen Landscape Co., Ltd., Shenzhen 518000, China
  • Online:2018-02-18 Published:2018-02-18

Abstract: In South China, a bird-attractive and butterfly-attractive ecological landscape can be created by shrub Woodfordia fruticosa in 3-5 years, the Pycnonotus jocosus, Pycnonotus sinensis, Aethopyga christinae, Zosterops japonicas, Dicaeum cruentatum, Dicaeum ignipectus, Chloropsis hardwickii and Phoenicurus auroreus will be attracted. And the butterfly such as Papilio paris, Papilio helenus, Papilio polytes, Graphium sarpedon and Delias pasithoe will be attracted, too. Suggestions for Woodfordia fruticosa planting was proposed to the whole ecological landscape creation.

Key words: Woodfordia fruticosa, bird feeding plant, butterfly feeding plant, ecological landscape