species plant species naturally colonze in the tailings pool (number 1) of Fankou Lead Zinc mine. Most plants grow on border district of tailings pool. The growth and distribution of plants were obviously determined by physical properties of upper tailings, such as stability, water content . There were correlation between the concentration of nutrition in tailings and the plants height and community coverage. The concentrations of Cu, Cd, Zn and Pb followed the order leaf>root>stem in Callicarpa pedunc...