Abstract:The reasonable stubble is of great significance to the renewal, rejuvenation and scientific utilization of Caragana intermedia. Taking 6 m belt of Ningxia desert steppe from the artificial Caragana intermedia forest steppe as the research object, we studied the effects of the vegetation traits, soil physical and chemical properties, air temperature, wind speed and soil wind erosion which caused by five different management practices of stubble spacing, such as all stubble (QP), stubble two belts with one belt no stubble (G1P2), stubble one belt with one belt no stubble (G1P1), stubble one belt with two belts no stubble (G2P1), no stubble (WP). The results showed that (1) the total number, density, height and above-ground biomass of forest vegetation were the highest under G2P1, while the species richness and diversity index were higher in G1P1 and G2P1. (2) The soil bulk density of 0-40 cm is lower with G1P1 and G2P1, but the mechanical composition had no obviously change under different treatments. The soil organic matter, available potassium, total nitrogen and available nitrogen were the highest in G2P1, but available phosphorus was the highest in G1P1. From April to November, the average soil water content was higher in G2P1 with 8.33%, while it was the lowest in G1P2 and WP. The moisture of WP had the largest vertical coefficient of variation. (3) There was no significant difference in average temperature and wind speed between forests under each treatment (P > 0.05). The amount of wind erosion was higher with QP, G1P2 and WP, but it was smaller in G1P1 and G2P1. The study suggests that the appropriate density of stubble can improve the habitat of artificial Caragana intermedia. G2P1 method can be adopted when the artificial Caragana intermedia forest in Ningxia desert steppe was cutting.