Abstract:Soil mite in different restored plantations in degraded soil were studied quarterly, including a bare land (Ⅰ), a xeric mesophilous herbosa (Ⅱ), a sparse Coniferous woodland (Ⅲ), a coniferous woodland (Ⅳ), a coniferous-broadleaf mixed woodland (Ⅴ) and an evergreen broadleaf forest (Ⅵ) (Ⅰand Ⅵ were used as CK). A total of 53 families were observed, including dominant families, such as Nanhermanniidae, Haplozetidae, Oribatulidae, Tectocepheidae, Parholaspidae, and others. The characteristics of soil mite community structure were analyzed by individual density, number of taxon, diversity, DG index, abundance, and evenness as well as MGP analysis and MI index. The results showed that the highest density was observed in Ⅵ, and the second highest was in Ⅲ, the lowest density was observed in Ⅰ and Ⅳ. The same trends were observed by other indices above. MGPⅠ analysis indicated that the soil oribatida communities of all these ecosystems match the M Pattern; however, MGPⅡ analysis identified different patterns for them, i.e. MP pattern for Ⅰ, P pattern for Ⅱ, O pattern for Ⅵ, M pattern for others. No differences were observed by MI index among the different restored vegetations. The 6 communities were classed into 3 groups by DCA analysis. TheⅠand Ⅵ were isolated respectively, all others were classed into one group, which showed the response of soil mite to these different restored vegetations in the degraded red soil.