Rainfall can be intercepted and assimilated by soil and water conservation forest.Based on the ana- lyses of hydrological effects of canopy

litter fall

and soil for different stands such as Masson pine

Pinus elliotii

Chinese chestnut

and Masson pine &.Chinese chestnut mixed forest

the study showed that in terms of the interception amount of forest canopies

stands ranked in the descendant order of Pinus elliotii

Masson pine

needle-board leaf mixed forest

and Chinese chestnut.Stands

in terms of the effective inter- ception amount and water holding of soil for litter

ranked in the descendant order of Chinese chestnut

nee- dle-board leaf mixed forest

Masson pine

and Pi nus elliotii.When planting and managing soil and water conservation forest

the three layer hydrologic function should be optimized simultaneously and a prior con- sideration should be given to the needle-board leaf mixed forest.The forest had a complicated vegetation structure and was propitious to exert interception eff ect of needle leaf forest and headwater conservation function of litter and soil of board leaf forest.