More than sixty species of camphor trees are found on Taiwan, and the stout camphor tree is believed to be native nowhere else. Compared with its relatives in the camphor family, the stout camphor tree grows more rapidly and to a greater size.
由目前已知的資料，牛樟只生長在台灣地區。在所有樟樹中，牛樟快高易大，與其他同齡的樟數相較，有巨人與侏儒之比。