Characteristics of plant community formed by slope revegetation method using forest top-soil

A slope revegetation method using forest top-soil to quickly form a plant community at early secondary succession. The resulting plant community was compared with one formed in a clear-cut site. A revegetated slope was covered as rapidly as a clear-cut site. Many emergence species were common to those in a clear-cut site. Growth increments of woody plants on the slope were equivalent to those in a clear-cut site. This suggests that the plant community formed by this method was similar to that formed on a clear-cut site, and that the method could quickly form a plant community at early secondary succession.