Abstract: Alniphyllum fortunei forest is a seral stage of evergreen broadlleaf forest sere, mainly occurs in red and yellow soil mountain of eastern central subtropics below 130.0m at elevation.It belongs to a community type of subtropical deciduous broadleaf forest.3 Plant Association Classes and 13 Plant Associations are described. Its successional trend toward recovering evergreen broadleaf forest can be fully proved through information analysis of community physiognomy, structure and species composition change between 13 Associations.

Key words: Subtropical deciduous broadleaf forest, Evergreen broadleaf forest, Community classification, Community succession, Alniphyllum fortunei forest