Through the experiment of forest litter amount and their water-holding characteristics in four kinds of shrubbery in limestone mountain area in Shandong province

the litter characteristics parameters was studied. The results showed that the litter amount was Forsythia suspense(Thunb.) Vahl.forest > Cotinus coggygria Scop. forest > Vitex negundo Linn. forest > Spriaea trilobata Linn. forest. In the first half hour

the water absorption speed of the whole litter layer being in the descended order of Spriaea trilobata Linn.forest > Cotinus coggygria Scop. forest > Vitex negundo Linn. forest > Forsythia suspense(Thunb.) Vahl.forest.The maximum of water-holding capacity of the whole litter layer being in the descended order of Cotinus coggygria Scop. forest >Forsythia suspense(Thunb.) Vahl.forest > Spriaea trilobata Linn. forest > Vitex negundo Linn. forest. The modified interception of the whole litter layer being in the descended order of Cotinus coggygria Scop. forest >Forsythia suspense(Thunb.) Vahl.forest > Spriaea trilobata Linn. forest > Vitex negundo Linn. forest.