According to the preliminary investigation there are 1039 species of vascular plants belonging to 179 families and 565 genera in Nanshan Natural Reserve, 9 species of second-grade State protection and 7 species of other rare or endangered species, which are of important protected value and value in use. Forest resource of Nanshan Natural Reserve is very abundant, and vascular plant and rare plant are important part. Among all the plants there are wide variety of kinds and standing stock of wild vascular plants, and some of other plants may be exploited and sustainably utilized, that is to say they are of great economic value and nonassessable ecological value.