Abstract:Various classification systems of vegetation in Guangdong Province had been proposed for specific purposes. They are not completely suitable for the purpose of mapping digitized vegetation distribution with the assist of geographic information system, global position system and remote sensing. The author proposes a new scheme for the division of vegetation type in Guangdong Province. In this paper, a complete list of coniferous forest in Guangdong is presented, viz. 2 vegetation types, 4 sub-vegetation types and 14 vegetation formations and their representative associations: 1.Warm coniferous forest:(A)Subtropical evergreen coniferous forest:(a)Formation Pinus massoniana;(b)Formation Cunninghamia fanceolata;(c)Formation Pinus kwangtungensis;(d)Formation
Tsuga longibracteata;(e)Formation Podocarpus nagi;(f)Formation Fokienia hodginsii;(B)Subtropical deciduous coniferous forest:(g)Formation Glytostrobus pensilis;(h)Formation Taxodium distichum;(C)Subtropical needle-broad 1eaves mixed forest:(i) Needle-broad 1eayes mixed forest dominated by Pinus massoniana;(j)Needle-broad 1eaves mixed forest
dominated by Cunninghamia janceofata;(k)Needle-broad 1eaves mixed forest dominated by Podocarpus fleuryi;(l)Needle-broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Pinus kwanotungensis;(m)Needle-broad leaves mixed forest dominated by Tsuga tongibracteata;2. Hot coniferous forest:(D)Tropical evergreen coniferous forest;(n)Formation Pinus latteri.