本研究於2003年至2004年間，調查新竹縣泰雅族秀巒部落民族植物。於部落記錄到106科267種植物，其中有用途植物共有119種，使用方法、用途、族人生活形式與文化有關。其中以食用植物（44種）最多，其次依序為用具類（24種）、狩獵植物（21種）、薪柴植物（17種）、建築材料（14種）、香菇樹種（14種）、童玩植物（10種）、藥用植物（10種）、儀式植物（5種），然而這些民族植物之重要性正在逐年衰退中。在用途類別多樣性上以單一用途類別最多，佔74 %，具有兩項以上用途者佔26%，五節芒為最多樣使用類別，具有六項用途。在用途細目；多樣性中，單一用途細目佔69.8%，具有兩項以上用途細目佔30.2 %，其中五節芒為最高多樣性之使用細目。

This ethnobotany study of Xiuluan village in Hsin-Chu County were carried between 2003 and 2004, 267 species belonging to 106 families were recorded. 119 species of plants were intimately related to the life and culture of the tribe. As to the category of use, plants were predominantly used for food (44 species), and also used for tool (24 species), hunting and fishing (22 species), fuel (17 species), architectural utensil (17 species), mushroom wood (14 species), medicine (11 species), children's hand-made toy (10 species), ceremony (5 species), although in decreasing importance. As to the diversity of use-category, 74 of the useful plants had only one kind and 26 used in more than one use category, Miscanthus floridulus, which widely use in 6 different use categories, has the highest use category diversity. As to the diversity of use-item, 69.8 of the useful plants had only one kind and 30.2 had more than one kind of use-item, and Miscanthus floridulud had the highest diversity in use-item.