Purpose In order to investigate the distribution, population structure and community characteristics of wild Phoebe resources in Xingshan County, Hubei Province.
Method The field survey was conducted in Nanyang Town, Gufu Town and Xiakou Town, Xingshan County, and the habitat conditions and community characteristics were recorded.
Result There are 9 species and 274 strains of Phoebe in Xingshan County, including 4 species of Phoebe and 5 species of Machilus. In the investigation, M. multinervia and M. pauhoi are new distribution records in Xingshan County, which had not been recorded before; these Phoebes were wildly distributed in shady slope and the slope was between 36°−40°, and at an altitude of around 680 m. There are 68 species of vascular plants in thePhoebe plant community belonging to 34 families and 58 genera, with the most species of Lauraceae.
Conclusion The age structure of Phoebe population which is stable, is more reasonable than that of Machilus in the survey area, and the age structure of Machilus population belongs to recession type.