Abstract:The annual amount of litter and nutrient return in different density Slash pine plan-tations,the existing storage of the litter,and the content of elements in the litter were measured and analysed.The results show that the annual amount of litter is 6191.5—7123.9kg/hm2·a.the existing storage of the litter on the stands is 9.75—17.4t/hm2.The annual return amount of litter nutrient is 90.43—105.09kg/hm2·a,and the total amount of nutrient stored in the litter is 191.16—281.89kg/hm2,in which the highest storage was occurred at the density of 3000 stems/hm2.The data above proves that forest litter forms a huge storage of nutrient,which plays an important role in main-taining site quality and raising forest productivity.