Abstract:In order to explore the reasonable planting density which is beneficial to the early growth of Manglietiaconif- era and achieve better growth benefit of plantation, this paper selected six afforestation densities to carry out density ex- periments on M. conifera . According to the observation data of pure M. conifera forest for five years, variance analysis was carried out. The results showed that planting density had significant influence on the growth of M. conifera in the five years before afforestation . The higher the density, the better the performance of tree height,DBH,height under branches , trunk bifurcation, lateral branch density and lateral branch angle, while the planting density had no significant effect on the performance of crown width, trunk straightness and lateral branch diameter . Therefore, dense planting methods (1. 5 m ×1. 5 m,1. 5 m ×2. 0 m and 2. 0 m × 3. 0 m) should be adopted for the early growth of M. conifera ( within 5 years) , so that M. conifera can grow rapidly and form better morphological characters .