Established in December 1956, Yijiang State Forest Farm is located in the eastern part of Rucheng County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, with an area of 6,728.1 hectares and a forest coverage rate of 96.89%.
It is a mixed evergreen broad-leaved forest area, with the main vegetation being evergreen broad-leaved forests, coniferous forests and shrub forests. The natural forest is dominated by the Fagaceae and Theaceae, and the coniferous forest is dominated by the Taxaceae and Pinaceae.