Abstract: The Quercus phillyraeoides is a selerophyllous tree of the Quercus section ilex, vicarious species of Quercus ilex in East Asia. The Quercus phillyraeoides forest mainly occurs on the drier habitats of the top of limestone mountains in Yangshuo district, Guangxi. Analysis of its habitats and phytoeoenological features realizes that, it is very similar to the Quereus phillyraeoides stands along the coastal hills of the Pacificfacing coasts in Japan, and there are also some resemblances to the Quercus ilex stands around the Mediterranean Sea in the physiognomy and structure of community. It seems that it evidently belongs to the category of selerophyllus evergreen broadleaf forests. Suzuki indicated that Quercus phillyraeoides might have come to Japan during the warm dry period previous to the glacial ages. Because of Japan had linked together with the Chinese continent and Chinese Taiwan at that time, it was possibly all the same to China. The charcoal produced from the timber of Quereus phylly- raeoides is of very high quality and used domestically as fuel. So this tree may be used as afforested species of firewood.