Abstract: The main types of dead plants combinations in Chinese peat are now tentatively divided into 15 groups of 6 types, according to the taxonomic principle that classifies by the genetic relations of the dead plants in the combinations and their qualitative differences of form, and on the basis of the dominant life patterns of the peat-forming plants and the dominant species of these plants in their combinations in peat.In order to avoid wasting of precious peat resources, the development and exploitation of these resources should be conducted rationally according to the principal characteristics of the dead plants combinations in the peat.Our country has a vast territory with complex natural conditions and a great variety of mire and the number of different types of peat formed of different dead plants is also very great. In the mineral bodies of peat, the succession of peat-forming mire, vegetation types gives rise to the vertical changes in the combinations of dead plants, and as a result, different types of peat are formed. Therefore, the study of the dead plants in peat has both a practical value for production and theoretical significance.