Abstract:An investigation of 12 urban parks in Guangzhou is conducted to analyze the species, geographical composition and theapplication features of trees with plank buttresses roots in landscape.The results show that there are totally 65 species, belonging to 26 families and 47 genus, with plenty of species in Moraceae, Myrtaceae,and Caesalpiniaceae. Among them, Ficus microcarpa, Bombax ceiba,Ficus virens, and Casuarina equisetifolia have relatively high application frequency. In terms of geographical elments, there are 18 families and 38 genus belonging to tropical distribution, accounting for 90% of the total families and 88.37% of the total genera, respectively, showing significant tropical characteristics. They are often planted alone as a main ornamental tree or in groups to simulate jungles in parks.The soil around plank buttresses roots is often shallow and barren,thus ground cover plants which are robust and shade-enduring are preferred to be chosen to cover buttresses, such as Ophiopogon bodinieri, Tradescantia zebrina, Pilea cadierei, etc.