Research on the soil moisture characteristics in Alnus cremastogyne and Alnus formosana forestland with the red soil developed from quaternary red earth in Northern Hu'nan is conducted.Results show that maximum moisture content for the Alnus cremastogyne litter is 24.76 t/hm,which is 1.22 times of that of the Alnus formosana.By both the total capillary porosity and non-capillary porosity,landuses can be ranged in the order of Alnus formosana plantatio...