Subalpine dark coniferous forests in western Sichuan, China include natural old- growth forests and natural regenerated forests after logging over the past 50 years. Both the bamboo-forest type and moss-forest type are comprised of three different restoration stages: broad-leaved forest of 20-40 years old (BBLF, MBLF), conifer/broad-leaved mixed forest of 50 years old (BCBLF, MCBLF), and old-growth dark coniferous forest of 160-200 years old (OBDCF, OMDCF). Our objectives were to understand the consume of the soil seed of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana through analyzing the number, components, and the distributions pattern, and 1-year old seedlings at different forest restoration stages of the two forest types. We conducted field sampling to determine the number of the remainder soil seed and the density of 1-year old seedlings in August, 2009 before the seed riped, and used sieve and stereoscopic microscope to identify components, density and distribution pattern of soil seed at different forest restoration stages. We tested viability of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana seeds with tetrazolium method and seed germination experiments in laboratory. The results showed as below: 1) The total number of remainder soil seeds, complete shape seeds, undeveloped seeds, empty seeds and decayed seeds of Betula albo-sinensis had a decreasing trend with forests restoration, but an increasing trend occurred in Abies faxoniana. The total number of remainder soil seeds, complete shape seeds, undeveloped seeds, empty seeds and decayed seeds of Betula albo-sinensis in each one of the forest restoration stages of the bamboo-forest types had more than in the corresponding restoration stages of the moss-forest types. The maximum value of the total number of remainder soil seeds, complete shape seeds, undeveloped seeds, empty seeds and decayed seeds of Abies faxoniana have been occurred at the moss- old-growth dark coniferous forest; 2) At the broad-leaved forest and conifer/broad-leaved mixed forest stages, the maximal proportion of the components of seeds of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana were decayed seeds and undeveloped seeds, respectively. At the dark coniferous forest stages, the proportion of the decayed seeds and empty seeds of Betula albo-sinensis cut the top class, however, the maximal proportion occurred at complete shape seeds of Abies faxoniana; 3) The number of complete shape seeds, undeveloped seeds, empty seeds and decayed seeds of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana had a decreasing trend with the increasing soil depth. The proportion of different components of seeds of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana varied between 72.85%-94.28% at the litter layer; 4) The density of 1-year old seedling of Betula albo-sinensis decreased gradually with forest restoration, however, Abies faxoniana had an opposite trend. The viability seed of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana in soil was lost in August, which indicated that the seeds of Betula albo-sinensis and Abies faxoniana just formed transient soil seed bank.