Abstract:Forests bring not only economic benefits, but also ecological benefits for humans. With the development of the economy and society, researchers have increasingly studied the ecological value of forests. This study, based at the Tai Mountain Forest Ecological Station, estimated the ecological benefits of Tai Mountain, according to the standards of "Specifications for assessment of forest ecosystem services in China." Based on water storage, soil conservation, nutrient accumulation, C fixation and O2 release, biodiversity conservation, air quality purification, and forest protection, we concluded that the total value was 182.15 million yuan, with the most valuable assets water storage (103.77 million yuan), biodiversity conservation (37.96 million yuan), and C fixation and O2 release (27.36 million yuan). The ecological value of pinewood and oak forest was larger than that of other forest types, and the most valuable forest species in the forest ecosystem of Tai Mountain was Platycladus orientalis. The largest ecological benefit of the forest came from middle-aged forest, which accounted for 35% of the total ecological benefit. Although the per unit value was the largest for mature forest, overall mature forest conferred the smallest ecological benefit.