Abstract:Aiming at the feasibility of conducting plantation on the site of renewed land by powder of coal(the coalpits filled with the fine coal ash from electri factory, then covered with soil layer of 30cm)and the selection of appropriate tree species, investigation on the distribution and growth characteristics of root-system of 4-5-yearold plantations of P.Xeuramericana, Salix matsudana,Ulmus pumila and Robinia pseudoacacia were carried out. The results are as follows:1. Root-system of all the 4 tree species can grow normally and the distribution depth can reach over 180cm in the soil, of which the weight and length of the root in the ash amount to 68% and 87% of the total,and those in the 30cm soil layer, 32% and 13%,respectively; and me horizontal root range around 8m.2.The total root length and weight of the poplar,willow,elm and locust are:49.29,29.45,25.42 and 68.08 km/plant,and 7.45,7.54,10.05 and 13.37kg/plant respectively.