[1] The forests are part of temperate broadleaf and mixed forests containing both coniferous and broadleaf trees covering a swath of Central China.

[2] The Daba Mountains evergreen forests support a wide variety of endemic species.

Some of the other significant tree species include the dawn redwood, dove tree, Tetracentron, Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Emmenopterys henryi, and Eucommia ulmoides.

[1] Industry in the region has long been dependent on logging and harvesting for medicines.

A major protected area of forests is the Shennongjia National Nature Reserve in Hubei.