Abstract: Shuanglong gully, where vegetation recovery will influence the safety of water use, is the major catchment in the Upper Reaches of Shiyang River. [Objective]The aim of this study is to test whether Afforestation can effectively restore plant communities and accumulate soil nutrients. [Method]Selecting artificial planting of Hippophae rhamnoides as the research object, based on field observation and laboratory analysis, the paper studied the community composition and soil properties of artificial seabuckthorn forest in abandoned goldfield of Shuanglong gully. [Result]The results showed that there were 43 species including shrub and herb 2 life forms, in which about 41 species had been identified, which belonged to 16 families and 29 genera. Compared to control, the plant species was richer (about 27 species), the community vertical structure was more complicated, and has shrub and herb layers, in which the community type was Hippophae rhamnoides - Epelobium hirsutum. But in the control group there was only the herb layer, and Senecio scandens and Poa annua were the dominant species. In addition, the content of soil organic matter and available phosphorous at 0-10cm soil layer in Artificial seabuckthorn forest were higher, which were 11 and 9 times as much as that of the control respectively. But there were no significant difference in soil moisture content, bulk density and mechanical composition. [Conclusion]Therefore, planting seabuckthorn in abandoned goldfield of Shuanglong gully can play a positive role in enhancing species diversity and accumulating soil nutrients.