Abstract:The authors conducted preliminary investigation on resources of medicinal plants in Dahongshan mountain resort.244 species of medicinal plants,which had important medicinal values in 93 families,were recorded in such investigation.The medicinal plants were classified according to their pharmaceutical parts and were statistical analyzed on botanical taxonomy.At the same time,the development and utilization of medicinal plant resources and the rare ones in Dahongshan mountain resort were discussed on the ground of the on-the-spot investigation.It showed that it was imperative to take measures on the development and utilizations of medicinal plant resources according to ecology principle and protection laws of biodiversity.