Abstract:Grey correlation analysis was used to study the efects of vegetation status on species diversty of tree seedlings in a subtropical evergreen forest in Dujiangyan (Sichuan Province).Twenty-two plots with 5 m×5 m each in a sample site of 10 m×55 m were investigated. Data obtained included plant species,number of individuals,plant height,diameter at breast height,and canopy coverage in tree layer;plant species density and coverage in shrub and herb layers;and species, individuals and plant age of tree seedlings above 13 m.Species abundance index (S),Simpson index (D),Shannon-Wiener index (H), and Pielou evenness index (E) were used in α-diversity analysis. The results indicate that the parameters of vegetation status affecting species diversib, of tree seedlings are greater in D in herb layer, and H and coverage in shrub layers;but less in H in shrub layer an dcoverage in herb layer.The effect of vegetation status on the four species-diversty indexes are in the order Pielou evenness index>Shannon-Wiener index>species abundance index>Simpson index.