In order to quantitatively evaluate and select the plants for slope protection of gold mine tailings dam, and give full play to the function of slope protection plants in slope reinforcement and ecological restoration, an evaluation index based on root depth, plants coverage, heavy metal accumulation and landscape beauty was proposed, the evaluation and selection model of slope protection plants for gold mine tailings dam is based on 8 kinds of slope protection plants, such as vetiver grass, tall fescue, white clover,alfalfa, ligustrum lucidum, centipede grass, reed and bermuda grass. Analytic...