The water holding capability of litters of different forest types

The biomass and water holding capacity of forest litter of the broad leaf forest,mixed forest of Chinese fir and moso bamboo,Chinese fir forest in the Yingzuijie Nature Reserve were researched.The results indicated that,3 different types of forest litter total storage was in the range of 5.13~6.50 t/hm2 and showed a sequence of the mixed forest of Chinese fir and moso bamboo broad leaf forest Chinese fir forest,There was a notable difference of maximum water-holding capacity of forest litter and showed a sequence of the broad leaf forest(19.00 t/hm2) mixed forest of Chinese fir and moso bamboo(15.72 t/hm2) Chinese fir forest(11.09 t/hm2).The effective water holding capacity of forest litter was in the range of 0.93~1.62 mm.