Abstract:Four plants, Poa sphyondylodes, Bromus inermis, Bromus sinensis and Elymus nutans established in apline in 1993, were investigated throughout the winter and spring between 1995 and 1996 by monitoring MDA content and antioxidant enzymatic activities of SOD , CAT, POD and APX Roots were sampled at approximately 15 days interval in both autumn and spring Leakage of ions and MDA content increased,while SOD and CAT activities declined markedly from September with the drop of temperature In cont...