Table 3 The 84 tree species identified were categorized according to their color dominance in the nine slope forests with superior visual aesthetic quality (forest type).

From: Implementation of the visual aesthetic quality of slope forest autumn color change into the configuration of tree species

Forest type

Tree species composition

Primary tree species (40% < ratio ≤ 100%)

Adjunctive tree species (10% < ratio ≤ 40%)

Interspersed tree species (0% < ratio ≤ 10%)

1

Castanea mollissima Blume (PC)

Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (PC), Alnus nepalensis D. Don (PC), Juglans sigillata Dode (PC/AC)

Pinus armandii Franch. (IC), Camellia reticulata Lindl. (PC), Quercus acutissima Carr. (PC/AC), Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schotky (PC)

2

Lithocarpus dealbatus (J. D. Hooker et Thomson ex Miquel) Rehder (PC)

Alnus nepalensis D. Don (PC), Pinus armandii Franch. (PC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franch. var.pseudosemicarpifolia (PC/AC), Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (PC), Quercus variabilis Blume (AC)

Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schotky (PC), Rhus chinensis Mill. (PC/IC), Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.) O. Kuntze (IC/AC), Quercus acutissima Carr. (PC/AC/IC), Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC/AC), Keteleeria evelyniana Mast. (PC), Lithocarpus leucostachyus A. Camus (PC/IC), Quercus aquifolioides Rehd. et Wils. (PC), Cyclobalanopsis augustinii (Skan) Schottky (PC/AC)

3

Castanopsis orthacantha Franch. (PC)

Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC), Quercus senescens H. Léveillé (PC/AC), Pinus armandii Franch. (PC/AC), Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (PC), Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (PC/AC), Alnus nepalensis D. Don (PC/AC), Populus davidiana Dode (PC/AC)

Lithocarpus leucostachyus A. Camus (PC), Alnus ferdinandi-coburgii Schneid. (PC/IC), Betula utilis D. Don (PC/AC), Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. et Zucc. (PC/AC/IC), Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schotky (PC), lithocarpus variolosus (Franch.) Chun (PC/AC), Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. (PC/AC), Cornus walteri Wangerin (PC), Rhododendron decorum Franch. (PC/AC), Eurya handel-mazzettii H. T. Chang (PC/AC), Acer paxii Franch. (PC/IC)

4

Eurya loquaiana Dunn (PC)

Castanopsis orthacantha Franch. (AC), Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wight et Arn.) Beddome (PC/AC), Dryopteris wallichiana (Spreng.) Hylander (PC/AC)

Pinus armandii Franch. (PC), Symplocos theaefolia D. Don (PC), Illicium simonsii Maxim. (PC), Populus davidiana Dode (PC/IC), Acer paxii Franch. (PC/IC), Acer davidii Franch. (PC/IC), Meliosma cuneifolia Franch. var. glabriuscula Cufod. (PC/AC), Rhododendron virgatum Hook. f. (PC), Acer sinense Pax (PC/IC), Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart (PC), Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC), Schima argentea Pritz. ex Diels (PC/IC), Quercus aquifolioides Rehd. et Wils. (PC), Phoebe forrestii W. W. Smith. (PC), Toona ciliate Roem. (PC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franchet var. spinosa (PC), Salix wallichiana Anderss. (PC/IC)

5

Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schotky (PC), Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC)

Alnus nepalensis D. Don (PC/AC), Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (PC/AC), Berberis cavaleriei Lévl. (PC/AC), Lonicera acuminata Wall. (PC/AC)

Pinus armandii Franch. (IC), Juniperus squamata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don (PC), Litsea pungens Hemsl. (PC), Populus adenopoda Maxim. (PC/IC), Populus davidiana Dode (PC/IC), Acer oliverianum Pax (PC/IC), Acer cappadocicum Gled. subsp. sinicum (Rehder) Handel-Mazzetti (PC/IC), Acer davidii Franch. (PC/IC), Quercus rehderiana Handel-Mazzetti (PC/IC), Quercus guyavifolia H. Léveillé (PC/IC), lithocarpus variolosus (Franch.) Chun (PC)

6

Pinus densata Mast. (PC)

Populus davidiana Dode (AC), Pinus armandii Franch. (AC), Alnus nepalensis D. Don (PC/AC), lithocarpus variolosus (Franch.) Chun (PC/AC)

Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (PC/AC/IC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franch. var. pseudosemicarpifolia (PC/AC)

7

Salix praticola Hand.Mazz. ex Enand. (PC)

lithocarpus variolosus (Franch.) Chun (PC/AC), Acer laxiflorum Pax (PC/AC), Salix wallichiana Anderss. (PC/AC)

Quercus aquifolioides Rehd. et Wils. (PC), Sorbus coronate (Card.) Yü et Tsai (PC/IC), Acer sterculiaceum Wall. subsp. franchetii (Pax) A. E. Murray (PC/AC), Acer sterculiaceum Wall. (PC/AC), Acer caudatum Wall var. prattii Rehd (PC/AC), Litsea chunii Cheng (PC/AC), Betula utilis D. Don (PC/AC), Quercus guyavifolia H. Léveillé (PC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franch. var. pseudosemicarpifolia (PC), Populus davidiana Dode (PC/AC), Populus rotundifolia griff. var. duclouxiana (Dode) Gomb. (PC/AC)

8

Acer flabellatum Rehd. (PC)

Rhododendron fastigiatum Franch. (PC), Acer forrestii Diels (PC/AC), Litsea pungens Hemsl. (PC/AC)

Acer caudatum Wall.var. prattii Rehd (PC/AC), Populus rotundifolia griff. var. duclouxiana (Dode) Gomb. (PC), Salix brachista Schneid. (PC/AC/IC), Acer laxiflorum Pax (PC/AC/IC), Betula potaninii Batal. (PC/AC/IC), Sorbus multijuga Koehne (PC /IC), Quercus guyavifolia H. Léveillé (PC), Juniperus squamata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don (IC), Rhododendron alutaceum Balf. F. et W. W. Smith (PC)

9

Rhododendron delavayi Franch. (PC)

Litsea pungens Hemsl. (PC/AC), Rhododendron decorum Franch. (PC/AC), Rhododendron sphaeroblastum Balf. F. (PC), Rhododendron irroratum Franch. (PC), Rhododendron racemosum Franch. (PC)

Berberis woomungensis C. Y. Wu ex S. Y. Bao (PC/ IC), Rhododendron complexum Balf. F. et W. W. Smith (PC), Sorbus rufopilosa Schneid. (PC/IC), Sorbus rehderiana Koehne var. rehderiana (PC/AC), Hydrangea heteromalla D. Don (PC), Rhododendron lacteum Franch. (PC/AC), Acer caudatum Wall.var. prattii Rehd (PC/IC), Yushani a maculate T. P. Yi (PC), Rhododendron alutaceum Balf. F. et W. W. Smith (PC), Rhododendron fastigiatum Franch. (PC)

  1. PC primary color, AC adjunctive color, IC interspersed color.