Table 4 Classification of the characteristics of color change of tree species.

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

Color change type

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

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

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

Evergreen

Mainly green (H6, H7, H8)

Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schotky (PC), Eurya loquaiana Dunn (PC), Rhododendron delavayi Franch. (PC)

Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco (PC/AC), Ternstroemia gymnanthera (Wight et Arn.) Beddome (PC/AC), Rhododendron sphaeroblastum Balf. F. (PC), Rhododendron irroratum Franch. (PC), Rhododendron decorum Franch. (PC/AC), Rhododendron racemosum Franch. (PC)

Camellia reticulata Lindl. (PC/AC), Cyclobalanopsis augustinii (Skan) Schottky (PC/AC), Rhododendron decorum Franch. (PC/AC), Eurya handel-mazzettii H. T. Chang (PC/AC), Symplocos theaefolia D. Don (PC), Rhododendron virgatum Hook. f. (PC), Illicium simonsii Maxim. (PC), Camellia pitardii Cohen-Stuart (PC), Toona ciliate Roem. (PC), Juniperus squamata Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don (PC/IC)

Yellow-green (H5, H6)

Pinus densata Mast. (PC)

Rhododendron fastigiatum Franch. (PC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franch. var. pseudosemicarpifolia (PC/AC), Pinus armandii Franch. (PC/AC)

Quercus rehderiana Handel-Mazzetti (PC/IC), Quercus guyavifolia H. Léveillé (PC/IC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franch. var. pseudosemicarpifolia (PC/AC), Rhododendron alutaceum Balf. F. et W. W. Smith (PC), Rhododendron fastigiatum Franch. (PC), Rhododendron lacteum Franch. (PC/AC), Rhododendron complexum Balf. F. et W. W. Smith (PC), Yushania maculate T. P. Yi (PC)

Green (H6, H7, H8) to yellow-green (H5, H6)

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

Berberis cavaleriei Lévl. (PC/AC), Lonicera acuminata Wall. (PC/AC), Pinus armandii Franch. (PC/AC)

Lithocarpus leucostachyus A. Camus (PC/IC), Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schotky (PC)

Blue-green (H7, H8, H9)

Pinus armandii Franch. (PC), Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC), Castanopsis orthacantha Franch. (PC)

Quercus senescens H. Léveillé (PC/AC), Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC), Pinus armandii Franch. (PC/AC), Cunninghamia lanceolata (Lamb.) Hook. (PC), lithocarpus variolosus (Franch.) Chun (PC/AC), Castanopsis orthacantha Franch. (AC)

Pinus armandii Franch. (PC/IC), Keteleeria evelyniana Mast. (PC), Lithocarpus leucostachyus A. Camus (PC/IC), lithocarpus variolosus (Franch.) Chun (PC/AC), Lithocarpus mairei (Schottky) Rehd (PC/AC), Phoebe forrestii W. W. Smith. (PC), Quercus spinosa David ex Franchet var.spinosa (PC)

Green (H6, H7, H8) to yellow (H3, H4) and green (H5, H6, H7) variegation

 

Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (PC/AC)

Schima argentea Pritz. ex Diels (PC/IC), Pinus yunnanensis Franch. (PC/AC/IC)

Deciduous

Green (H5, H6, H7, H8) to withered yellow (H3, H4) and withered red (H1, H2) and gray

 

Alnus nepalensis D. Don (PC/AC), Dryopteris wallichiana (Spreng.) Hylander (PC/AC)

Alnus ferdinandi-coburgii Schneid. (PC/IC), Cornus walteri Wangerin (PC), Berberis woomungensis C. Y. Wu ex S. Y. Bao (PC/ IC), Hydrangea heteromalla D. Don (PC), Quercus aquifolioides Rehd. et Wils. (PC)

Green (H5, H6, H7, H8) to yellow (H4) to withered yellow (H3, H4) and gray

Salix praticola Hand Mazz. ex Enand. (PC), Acer flabellatum Rehd. (PC)

Quercus variabilis Blume (AC), Juglans sigillata Dode (PC/AC), Populus davidiana Dode (PC/AC), Acer laxiflorum Pax (PC/AC), Salix wallichiana Anderss. (PC/AC), Litsea pungens Hemsl. (PC/AC)

Betula utilis D. Don (PC/AC), Platycarya strobilacea Sieb. et Zucc. (PC/AC/IC), Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers. (PC/AC), Quercus acutissima Carr. (PC/AC/IC), Acer paxii Franch. (PC/IC), Populus davidiana Dode (PC/AC/IC), Meliosma cuneifolia Franch. var. glabriuscula Cufod. (PC/AC), Acer davidii Franch. (PC/IC), Acer sinense Pax (PC/IC), Salix wallichiana Anderss. (PC/IC), Litsea pungens Hemsl. (PC), Populus adenopoda Maxim. (PC/IC), Acer oliverianum Pax (PC/IC), Acer cappadocicum Gled. subsp. sinicum (Rehder) Handel-Mazzetti (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/IC), Litsea chunii Cheng (PC/AC), Populus rotundifolia griff. var. duclouxiana (Dode) Gomb. (PC/AC), Salix brachista Schneid. (PC/AC/IC), Acer laxiflorum Pax (PC/AC/IC), Betula potaninii Batal. (PC/AC/IC)

Green to yellow (H4) to yellow (H3) to withered yellow (H3, H4) and gray

Castanea mollissima Blume (PC)

Acer forrestii Diels (PC/AC)

Rhus chinensis Mill. (PC/IC)

Green to yellow (H3, H4) to red (H1, H2) to withered red (H1, H2) and gray

  

Toxicodendron succedaneum (L.) O. Kuntze (IC/AC), Sorbus coronate (Card.) Yü et Tsai (PC/IC)

Green to red (H1, H2) to withered red (H1, H2) and gray

  

Sorbus multijuga Koehne (PC/IC), Sorbus rufopilosa Schneid. (PC/IC), Sorbus rehderiana Koehne var. rehderiana (PC/AC)

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