About 300 species of plants have been introduced successfully to the s outheastern edge of the Tengger Desert since the establishment of Shapotou Deser t Research and Experimental Station in 1956.It is now a research base for large scale off site conservation of biodiversity.Based on successive observations m ade from 1987 to 1997,this paper studies the phenological characteristics and the relationship between the phenolo gical period of shrubby species and environmental factors.The results show that the mean temperature and accumulated sunshine duration are the dominant factors of the main shrub phenological period,but the precipitation is closely related t o the resurrection,and the wind speed also plays an important role in leaf expan sion.The classification of 30 shrubby species by clustering analysis according t o the environmental factors of resurrection and leaf expansion,4 phenological ty pes of shrubby blooming are identified.The research results of this paper are of an important significance to the establishment of artificial vegetation and off site conservation of biodiversity.