This is only a prelimiary research of ecologic distribution of the pteridophytes in Shennongjia Mountains in Western hubei Province for the first time. The results are as follows; This region is very abundant in pteridophytes. The flora which originated anciently has a large number of new-born elements, and the phytogeographic Comjponents are complex and inter-located, but major the subtropical elements, as well as a lot of temperate ones joined. And this shows that the ferns flora is diversity in composition and tropic-relative.Dryopteri aceae, Polyodiaceae and Athyriaceae are dominant and ha...