Abstract: According to the investigation and analysis of Cupressus funebris forest in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area, there were 11 kinds of community type of Cupressus funebris forest. The vertical structure of the Cupressus funebris community was complicated, it could be divided into tree layer, shrub layer and herbaceous layer; The richness,diversity and evenness of populations in different gradient followed the pattern of shrublayertree layerherbaceous layer,but no pattern was found in altitude gradient.