The main cover is the broadleaf forest on red soil of basaltic rock and limestone type, the mixed forest on red soil of metamorphic rock, silt sandstone and Q2 type, and the conifer forest onred soil of granite type in South China.

• 华南玄武岩型、灰岩型红土上覆植被以阔叶林为主,变质岩、粉砂岩、北海组(Q_2)型红土为针阔叶混交林,花岗岩型红土则以针叶林为主。