The invention discloses a method for restoring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of a vegetative cover in a land with discarded iron tailings of a grassland ecosystem, and relates to the technical field of ecological restoration of vegetative covers in a land with discarded metal tailings. The method for restoring arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi comprises the following steps of: (1) covering earth on iron tailings for 3 to 7 centimeters deep; (2) inoculating arbuscular mycorrhizal fungicides such as Glomus versiforme and the like at the place 0 to 3 centimeters far from the earth; (3) planting plants such as Elymus dahuricus Turcz and the like, harvesting the plants after 60-day to 120-day growth, using the plants which meet a relevant standard as feed, and centralizedly burning and landfilling the plants which do not meet the relevant standard. The method for restoring the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has the following advantages that: the adopted arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi symbiose with herbs easily so that the absorption and utilization of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are promoted, the absorption or transferring of heavy metals is reduced, the thickness of covering earth is reduced, the growth situation of plants is improved, the planting and growth of plants in iron tailings covered with earth are promoted, the method for restoring the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi has high success rate of revegetation, simple process and lower cost, and is applicable to management of lands with discarded iron tailings of grassland ecosystems.