Abstract:To examine the seasonal variation characteristics of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus (C: N: P) stoichiometry and its relationship with N and P resorption, we took the artificial hickory forest as the research object. The hickory forest soil, hickory fine root, and hickory leaf were analyzed. The results showed that soil organic C and N contents were the highest in July at 42.00 1. 75 ~g·kg?1, respectively, and P was the highest at 1. 31 ~g·kg?1 in June; C∶N, C∶P in soil was the highest in October, namely the defoliating period. The highest organic C content of green leaves was 497. 30 ~g·kg?1 in July, and 505.60g·kg in leaf litter, which was significantly higher than that of green leaves. The contents of N and P in green leaves were highest in June and May, respectively 23.27 and 2.28 ~g·kg?1, indicating the time difference of N and P assimilation in the Hickory. The critical period(8 to 9 months)of the unsaturated fatty acid synthesis in nuts, was limited by N. C∶N and C∶P in hickory leaf were 26.41 and310.56, higher than the global plants average of 22.5 and 232, indicating that hickory had higher usage efficiency as N and P. The N and P reabsorption rates were 32.26%and 15.48%respectively, and the N - reabsorption rate was significantly higher than P, and they were significantly lower than the global N, P reabsorption rate(about 50%). Correlation analysis showed that certainly increasing organic matter content in hickory forest soil could promote P content.