Functional traits of bryophytes reflect the response and adaption of bryophytes to the habitat, which is important to indicate the functional characteristics of the surface soil. However, the relationship between bryophyte functional traits and soil factors is not well understood at the early stage of vegetation restoration in karst areas. Thus, we studied bryophyte functional traits of three vegetation restoration methods (artificial forest[AF], forage grassland[FG] and a combination of artificial forest and forage grassland[FF]) and their relationships with soil factors in a typical karst depression. The results showed that:(1) according to principal component analysis, the first principal component mainly showed the nutritional traits of bryophytes, and the second principal component mainly showed the canopy traits and biomass of bryophytes. And the first axis in FF was significantly different from that in AF, and the second axis in FG was significantly different from that in AF and FF. The highest canopy mass per area (CMA), canopy density (CD), bryophyte biomass and saturated water adsorption content were all observed in FG. But the canopy heights of bryophytes in FG were significantly lower than AF and FF, and the nutrient concentrations of bryophytes in FG were lower than those in AF and FF. (2) Soil nutrients (e.g., soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, available potassium, exchangeable calcium, exchangeable magnesium, ammonium, nitrate, and total inorganic nitrogen) and soil water content (SWC) in AF and FF were higher in surface soil (0-2 cm), while soil nutrients and SWC in surface soil were lower in FG. (3) According to the redundancy analysis, the nutritional traits (e.g., nutrient concentrations and stoichiometric ratios) of bryophytes were mainly positively correlated with soil factors, while CMA, CD, bryophyte biomass and related indicators were mainly negatively correlated with soil factors. And the exchangeable magnesium and SWC were the main soil factors affecting functional traits of bryophytes. The results showed that bryophytes could adapt to the habitat with different combinations of functional traits under different vegetation types. And FG was more suitable for bryophytes colonization and growth, and bryophytes could be applied with FG for the restoration of degraded karst ecosystems.