According to filed survey of five different plantations of bamboo-fir mixed forest,bamboo forest, grassland,fir forest and chestnut forest in Ziquejie terrace of Hu'nan Province,the water hold-up,absorption,release of different types of litters were measured through tests of water soaking and releasing experiment.The results of the study indicated that the above five types of plantations was in the order of the water-holding capacity as:420% for bamboo and fir mixed forest,310% for bamboo forest,283% for grassland, 252% for fir forest,226% for chestnut forest;The correlation between water holding capacity and the soaking time was logarithmical,so was that between water releasing capacity and the releasing time while the correlations between water absorption capacity and soaking time,water releasing capacity and releasing time were of power function and all above correlation coefficients R² were bigger than 0.9.