Abstract:The woody plant community in urban green land of Lanzhou was investigated and analyzed in order to increase woody plant diversity and improve the community structure.The result indicated that the woody plants belonged to 39 families,74 genera and 149 species.The Simpson index,Shannon-wiener index and Pielou evenness index of arborous layer were 0.960,3.619,and 0.847 respectively,and they were 0.920,3.162 and 0.744 respectively for shrub layer.The species distribution of different types of green land was moderately dissimilar,the Jaccard index ranged from 0.25 to 0.50.The species number,richness,diversity and evenness of woody plant community of different types of green land were different.The diversity index of woody plants and the Shannon-wiener of shrub in residential green land were the highest,the Simpson index and Pielou index of woody plants and Shannon-Wiener index of trees in park were the highest.The shrub species and local trees in urban green land of Lanzhou should be increased in order to improve the woody plant diversity and community stability.