Abstract:Twenty-eight bryophyte taxa in 17 genera of 10 families from Xinlu Carlin gold field were investigated. Nine species belong to Pottiaceae and 8 species belong to Bryaceae. Among them, Pottiaceae and Bryaceae are the dominate families. By analyzing β diversity of four sites in this area, we found that β diversity difference between barren rock field-waste residue field and relatively polluted area-clear area is the largest, bryophyte community structure is the biggest difference, and similarity is the lowest. A particular regularity was proved by monitoring 6 kinds of heavy metals Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, Hg, As of bryophytes and their substrates from different areas in Xinlu Carlin gold deposit, that is waste residue field>barren rock field>relatively polluted area>clear area. It might be closely related to the mining and smelting. Obviously, further researches on bryophytes can be used to monitor the pollution of heavy metals in gold deposits.