The forest vegetation in Gutianshan Natural Reserve distributed in Western Zhejiang could be classified to four types: evergreen broad-leaved forest, evergreen and summer-green broad-leaved mixed forest, coniferous-broad mixed forest and coniferous forest. The 4 types could be categorized to sub-types. The structure and floristic component of the communities were also described. Its physiognomy, structure, and floristic component showed the basic characteristic of typical evergreen broad-leaved forest in China, and such vegetation was rarely found in low altitude regions in middle subtropics. ...