The present study was conducted to comparatively analyze the effects of four kinds of different vegetation restoration patterns on plant species diversity and soil microflora through on-site inspection and plate dilution method in purple soil area of central Hunan province.The results showed that the number of herb species and quantity of bacteria,actinomycetes and fungi could be enhanced to varying degrees by 4 kinds of different vegetation restoration patterns in purple soil area.Among four patterns,the vegetation restoration pattern with Eulaliopsis binata as the pioneer species and various...