Cluster analyses, principal component analyses and regression analyses were used to study serial communities, successional pathways and successional velocities of the secondary forests in Zijin mountain. The current successional trend of the forest was: Pinusmassoniana community→ P. massoniana + deciduous broadleaved tree species community→deciduous broadleaved tree species + P. massoniana community→deciduous broadleaved tree species community. But different pathways and speed could be fou...