The plant communities in sloping-land with purple soils in Hengyang basin were studied. The results were as follows: (1) The total biomass of the plant communities on the purple soil slope in Hengyang basin was 5 133.6 kg/hm^2, The biomass of the tree layer, the shrub layer, the herbage layer and the deadwood and defoliation layer were 1 936.7, 1 624.7, 1 400.8 and 171.4 kg/hm^2 respectively. They each account for 20.9%, 24.1%, 50.6% and 4.4% of the total biomass of the plant commumities. (2) The percentage of the above-ground biomass and ...