Abstract:Features of germinable seed bank in Artemisia frigida grassland in Inner Mongolia and their responses to grazing were studied using germination test. Four perennial grasses, eleven perennial forbs and three annual species were detected in the seed bank. The number of germinable seeds per soil sample ranged from 45 to 305 with an average of 102. Seeds of perennial grasses, perennial forbs and annuals accounted for 46 57, 51 96 and 1 47 percent of the total seed bank, respectively. Perennial grass Cl...