In order to study 5 cultivation models such as arbor-shrub, arbor-shrub-herb and their disposition for vegetation recovery, 10 arbor species, 7 shrub species and 5 herb species suitalde for locat sites were choiced at waste heap platform of Fushun Coal Mine. The experiment adopted the randomized block design, three replicates, with 0.067 hm^2 at each thinned plot. The experiment results of 2-year vegetation recovery showed that the survival rate of woody plants was significantly different among species and there existed significant differences in ground diameter and height increments. The results of the initial stage of the experiment showed that the disposition of A and C were the optimal cultivation models, and Robinia pesudoacacia, Hippophae rhamnoides,Amorpha fruticosa, Caragana chamlagu, Ulmus pumila were the best tree species for arbor-shrub-herb disposition.
