Abstract: Using the nearest-neighbour method in the course of numerical classification the four stages of the grazing retrogressive succession .of the Kobresia vegetation in Maqu Xian are divided: Ligularia virgaurea +Stipa aliena -Saussurea sp community and Leontopodium sp-Saussurea superba f. Pygmaea community belongs to the RSS (Retrogressive Succession Stages) of the grazing extremely; Anemone rivularis var fioreminore-Ligularia virgaurea-Kobresia spp community belongs to the RSS of the grazing seriously; Brachy-podium sylvaticum var gracile-Kobresia spp, Kobresia spp-Polygonum viviparum-Festuca rubra and Kobresia spp-Blysmus sinocompressus -Potentilla anserina communities belong to the RSS of the grazing moderately; Kobresia spp-Trollius farrei community belongs to the RSS of the grazing properly. Such classification method gives the same result as the traditional classificational methods of the RSS do. But it gives the numerical bases.

Key words: The subalpine meadow, Kobresia vegetation, Hierarchic methods of classification, The grazing retrogressive, Succession stages.