Shaoyang is one of the four major forest cities in Hunan Province, with a forest area of 654.38+09.5 million mu, a forest coverage rate of 57.55% and a forest stock of 60.63 million cubic meters. There are 2826 species of higher plants in China, belonging to 792 genera and 245 families, including 2 10 species for timber, 432 species for economic and 60 species for rare protection by the state. Among them, the silver fir is known as the "plant panda". The city's comprehensive forestry index ranks second in the province. Suining county is known as "the first forestry county in Sanxiang", Longhui county as "the hometown of honeysuckle in China" and Shaoyang county as "the tea and oil capital of China".
Shaoyang has more than 6 million mu of grassland in Caoshan Mountain, and 58 grasslands with a concentration of more than 10,000 mu are 6.5438+0.97 million mu, with a water surface of 2.44 billion cubic meters. There are 4 19 species of wild vertebrates and livestock and poultry in the city, more than 200 animal husbandry communities have been built, and more than 10,000 pigs are slaughtered every year.