Abstract:An investigation in the typical plots of 20-yr artificial broad-leaved Korean pine forests in eastern Liaoning mountainous areas showed that the productivity of mixed forests Pinus koraiensis-Betula platyphylla,P.koraiensis-Alnus tinctoria,and P.koraiensis-Fraxinus mandshurica was 6.529,4.966 and 5.682 t·hm-2·yr-1,respectively,much higher than that of pure Korean pine forest (3.812 t·hm-2·yr-1),while mixed forests P.koraiensis-Kalopanax septemlobus and P.koraiensis-Tilia amurensis had a productivity of 2.945 and 2.84 t·hm-2·yr-1,respectively,lower than that of pure Korean pine forest.The plant species diversities of arbor,shrub and herb layers of artificial broad-leaved Korean pine forests were all higher than those of pure Korean pine forests.The plant species number in pure Korean pine forests only accounted for 42%~52% of artificial broad-leaved Korean pine forests,and the tree number of vegetation only accounted for 11%~37% of mixed forests.These results suggested that artificial broad-leaved Korean pine forests could provide the chances for the succession of secondary forest systems to regional climax,but it would take a long time to reach the climax.