Abstract:Abstract:The typical forest ecosystem of mountainous region of Northwestern Hubei is divided into 13 kinds of forest type. The carbon density of different forest ecosystem was estimated on the basis of the forest plot survey, including arbor layer, shrub layer, litter layer and soil layer. The results showed that the average carbon density of forest ecosystem in mountainous region of Northwestern Hubei was 175.812 t·C·hm-2,with 48.278 t·C·hm-2 in arbor layer,15.187 t·C·hm-2 in shrub layer,2.217 t·C·hm-2 in little layer and 110.130 t·C·hm-2 in soil, which accounted for 62.64%, 27.46%, 8.64% and 1.26% respectively of the entire forest ecosystems. The carbon density of natural forest differed with age. The carbon density of mature forest was the biggest, while the carbon density of middle age forest was bigger than that of young forest. Natural forest carbon density in age sequence was mature forest was the biggest,The middle age forest was bigger than young forest. Different forest types of artificial forest carbon density the biggest was coniferous and broad leaved mixed forest, the coniferous forest was bigger than broad leaved forest.