Abstract:In order to provide technical support for the development and utilization of aquatic and hygrophytic plants in waterfront wetlands of landscape lakes,five waterfront wetlands of landscape lakes were selected as the survey plots in Guangdong Province in summer and autumn of 2019.The species and quantitative composition of aquatic and wet plants,together with species diversity,were surveyed.A total of 47 species belonging to 38 genera and 22 families were found,including 26 emergent plants,12 floating leaf plants,and 9 submerged plants.Among them,Hydrocharitaceae and Gramineae were the dominant families,while Nymphaeaceae,Araceae,Pontederiaceae and Cyperaceae were the common families,with high proportion of plants belonging to single-genera families and single-species genera.The results showed that the species composition of aquatic and wet plants in the lakeshore wetlands of Guangdong Province was relatively rich.Species richness index,ecological dominance index,and species diversity index decreased in the order of plot Ⅰ to V while the evenness index showed an increasing trend;the differences among plots were closely related to the development and utilization of waterfront wetlands of landscape lakes,ecological restoration,and preservation of native vegetation.