There are 1 106 species of high vegetation in Maowusu sandy land and they belong to 98 families and 420 genuses.The main families are Compositae

Gramineae

Leguminosae

Rosaceae

Chenopodiaceae; the main genuses are Artemisia

Astragalus

Allium

Salix

Populus;and the main species are Artemisa ordosica

Psammochloa villosa

Pycnostelma lateriflorum

Salix cheilophila

Salix microstachya. There are 7 types of vegetation communities in this region.They are grassland vegetation

grassland and desert shrubbery

sandy vegetation

meadow vegetation

halophyte vegetation

marsh and swamp vegetation.Among these vegetations

sandy vegetation is the dominant vegetation;meadow vegetation is the second vegetation.The main communities are Form.Artemisia ordosica

Form.Artemisia ordosica+Caragana korshinskii

Form.Salix microstachya

Form.Salix cheilophila + S.microstachya

Form.Hippophae rhamnoides+ Salix cheilophila. The vegetation distributing characteristics has been briefly stated.Shrubberies should be the chief vegetation for vegetation construction in Maowusu sandy land

shrubberies

arbores and grasses should be combined with other measurements.