在ArcGIS软件中采集1984年和2005年山西省植被中的每个图斑,获取山西植被群系、森林、灌丛、草本植被及栽培植被的图形及面积,用叠置分析和专题地图探讨植被空间分布及其变化.山西森林、灌丛、草本植被、栽培植被及一些主要群系均具有一定的分布特点,小叶杨林为人工林,它属于落叶阔叶林,但它可分布于草原中,人们将小叶杨林种植到草原中并不合适.山西灌丛、栽培植被空间变化较大.
Every fragment in vegetation of Shanxi in 1984 and 2005 was made in ArcGIS software. Then the ranges and areas of formation, forest, scrub, herbaceous vegetation and culti- vated vegetation were got. Spatial distributions and changes were studied by overlay analysis and thematic map. There are some distribution characteristics in forest, scrub, herbaceous vegetation, cultivated vegetation and important formations. Populus simonii forest was planted by human be- ing. It is broadleaf deciduous forest, but it was planted in steppe. It was not fit for planting. Chan- ges of scrub and cultivated vegetation were larger than other vegetations.