Experiments on flow near the stagnation region of an axisymmetñc bluff body show that the circumferential interaction effect of vortex stretching plays an important role on the development of flow substructures, the amplification of velocity fluctuation, and the enhancement of momentum and heat transfer in the axisymmetric stagnation region. The three-dimensional effect of the vortex stretching leads four types of flow substructures in the axisymmetric stagnation region. The stagnation point of the axisymmetric stagnation flow oscillates more violently than the stagnation line of the two-dimensional one. While the amplification of velocity fluctuation in the axisymmetric stagnation region is less significant than that in the two-dimensional one.