The invention discloses a method for building near-natural 
vegetation on a tropical 
coral reef. According to the invention, six indigenous plants (including three types of 
shrub, grass and 
vine, and 
nitrogen-fixing leguminous plants) like Scaevola sericea, Canavalia maritima, 
Ipomoea pes-caprae, 
Vitex trifolia Linn var simplicifolia Clam, Phyla nodiflora and Spinifex littoreus applicable to being planted in the tropical 
coral reef are selected according to harsh environmental conditions of 
coral reefs and on the basis of preliminary investigation and research on 
vegetation and soil in 
South China Sea Islands; meanwhile, referring to plantation of natural coastal plants in Paracel Islands, and through the 
optimal combination of a series of processes of digging planting holes, placing farmyard base 
manure and coconut 
bran, applying a water-retaining agent, soaking bagged seedlings in water, applying a compound 
fertilizer, applying a little amount of 
iron sulfide or iron-aluminum oxides (adjusting a pH value), adding dry duckweed (increasing a C source), backfilling sand or foreign soil, performing maintenance, etc., the 
survival rate of the plants reaches 90% or above after about 2 months; thus, green plants can be basically covered; near-natural 
vegetation is formed; certain functions of preventing wind and fixing sand are exerted; meanwhile, maintenance is relatively simple.