Zibo in Shandong, with the Late Palaeozoic strata well exposed and preserved, and being rich in plant fossils, is one of the idealest region for studying the coal-bearing strata of the Late Palaeozoic era in North China. This thesis is contributed to the preliminey study of the Late Palaeozoic flora in the area. Seven fossil assemblage zones inal have been set up based on the characteristics of the plant assemblages and the plants evolution, which could be used to solve the problems in the division,correla...