Vegetation restoration of coal-gangue pile is the most important part of the mine reclamation, and is one of the hotspots in studies of degradation ecosystem and restoration ecology. Jixi is a city of main coal resource in China, and waste coal-gangue piles occupied and destroyed large feilds. Consequently, it is significant to restore vegetation of coal-gangue pile in for local environments Jixi. The naturally restored vegetation status of coal-gangue pile was investigated by traditional plot-survey, and soil chemical and physical properties in coal-gangue pile were analyzed by using standard methodology. The natural vegetation patterns along the environmental gradient and their relationships with ecological factors were also analyzed by TWINSPAN, DCA, CCA and DCCA. The results showed that the coal-gangue piles can be divided into three groups according to community ordination: Ⅰ. the coal-gangue pile was discarded less than 10 years; Ⅱ. the coal-gangue discarding was between 12 to 30 years; Ⅲ. the age of coal-gangue discarding was between 30 to 50 years. The results of DCA and TWINSPAN for vegetation plots and soil properties were similar, the age of discarding coal-gangue pile increased with diagonal factors variation. The axes of CCA and DCCA ordination diagram indicated that the variation of vegetation in coal-gangue pile was influenced by soil chemical and physical properties, such as pH, nutrient and bulk density. Therefore, the native plant species should be applied in restoring vegetation in coal-gangue pile, and different species should be selected depending on the discarding age of coal-gangue pile. Finally, we think that the restoration effect in such coal-gangue pile in this area would be effectiveness by using soil chemical and physical properties with different discarding ages.