Abstract:A submergence experiment was conducted on Bermudagrasses originally distributed in the water-level-fluctuation zone (XC) and non-water-level-fluctuation zone (FC) of the Three Gorges Reservoir Area. Six treatments with respective submerged depth of 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 15m were carried out to investigate the physiological responses of Bermudagrasses. The results indicated that: ①Malondialdehyde (MDA) content increased significantly with the increase of submergence depth,, indicating that Bermudagrass suffered the damage of membrane lipid peroxidation under the submergence condition;. ②The activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxide (POD), glutathione reductase (GR) and alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) in the roots of Bermudagrass were higher than that of un-submerged control. The maximum of POD, SOD and GR activities of XC appeared at 5 meters in submergence depth, and FC at 2 meters. There were relative higher soluble sugar and starch contents by the submergence treatment. ③Bermudagrasses originally growing in the natural water-level-fluctuation zone (XC) could endure much deeper submergence than FC by the characteristics of antioxidative enzymatic activities, ADH activity and energy metabolism. The results implies that Bermudagrass has submergence-tolerant instinct, and the submergence-tolerant ability of XC was strengthened by the long-time periodic submergence in its natural habitats. Bermudagrass could be a promising species for revegetation of the water-level-fluctuation zone in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area.