Beihu Watershed of East Lake area, Wuhan, consists of five lakes:Lake Beihu, Lake Yanxi, Lake Yandong, Lake Zhuzi and Lake Qingtan. The aquatic macrophytes were investigated in the lakes of Beihu Watershed in the autumn of 2009. The results showed that the distribution of macrophytes covered an area of 3.89 km², accounting for 14.8% of the whole lake area with a total biomass (fresh weight) of 17834.281.49 species of macrophytes were observed, belonging to 36 genera and 20 families, and the dominant species were Vallisneria spiralis, Myriophyllum spkalum, Nelumbo nucifera, etc., while V. spiralis was the absolute dominant species. Among the 4 life-type macrophytes, distribution area of submerged plant community was 74.33% of the total area of macrophytes and the standing crop was 67.25% of the macrophytes, which were both dominant, those of the emergent plant community were 22.86% and 28.43%, and floating-leaved plant community were 2.79% and 4.31%, respectively; The percentages of freely floating plant community were 0.02% and 0.01%, respectively. Macrophytes mainly distributed in Lake Yan-dong and Lake Yanxi and were sparse in other lakes. The submerged macrophytes in Lake Yandong were abundant, while the community structure was simple with few species. Species diversity and community composition varied in Lake Yanxi, whereas the macrophytes just distributed near the lake shoreline. Ccanparing with East Lake? the macrophyte in lakes of Beihu Watershed was more abundant and diversified. But owing to the reciaiming, fishery and deterioration of water quality, the distribution of macrophyte community already showed a tendency to decline, and its structure and function degraded, too. According to the situation, more effort should be taken to protect or restore the macrophyte in the lakes of Beihq Watershed in the Large East Lake Ecological Water-net Engineering Project.