Abstract: This paper deals with the plant and animal resources and their ecological variations in Shennongjia forest region of Hubei province. The ways of rational utilization on the biological resources of this region from the aspects of growth and decline of resources, forest regeneration, water and soil losses, and climatic changes ete, are also discussed.

Key words: Duchesnea indica, Clonal plant, Elevation, Clonal architecture, Plasticity