Wu points out that the forests on Yushan vary according to altitude. Old-growth broadleaf forests and mixed coniferous and broadleaf forests are found at the lower elevations, while coniferous forests predominate at higher elevations before giving way still higher up to alpine tundra.
吳和融指出，玉山的林相植被隨海拔高度變化，從低海拔的原始闊葉林、針闊葉混合林、高海拔的針葉林，到高山寒原地帶都有。