The root architecture influences root spatial distribution and resorptiton efficiency of nutrients, which may reflect the plant growth strategies to adapt to the environmental stresses. This paper studied the relationship between root forks and branch angle of Tamarix ramosissim at three-year and six-year. The study site was located in Jinta Beihaizi Wetland Park of Gansu Province with the method of standardized major axis estimation (SMA). The height, density and above-ground biomass of the wetland communities were recorded from 5 m×5 m grids at two plots with six replicates. Seventy-two plants of Tamarix ramosissim were selected; the above-ground parts of those plants were cut while the roots were collected by excavating the whole root system, and both were taken back to the lab. In the laboratory, the roots were scanned with Win-RHIZO to measure the root forks and root length. The individual roots was dissected according to the branching order, starting from the distal end of the root system that was numbered as the first order and then increasing sequentially with each branch from the first order to the third order roots. The biomasses of different plots were put in an oven and dried (at 80℃ for 12 h), and then measured. Similarly, the soil moisture content was also measured by oven-drying (at 105 ℃for 24 h). The results showed that with the increasing stand ages, the density, cover, height of the plant community increased, while the root-shoot ratio, root branch angle decreased, the specific cover, density, height, above biomass, root depth, root forks, specific root length and specific root surface area increased, and diameter of different root orders increased. In addition, with the increasing stand ages, the standardized major axis slope of regression equation in the scaling relationships between root forks and branch angle increased (P<0.05). Additionally, the increase speed of the root forks was greater than the growth speed of the root branch angle, and the allometric relationship between root forks and branch angle of Tamarix ramosissima was distinguished at different stand ages. With the increasing stand ages, the root architecture model of Tamarix ramosissima form diffusion to gathering, reflected the mechanism of ecological adaptation under conditions of environmental stresses and competition of the population.