The richness index,Shannon-Wiener index and Pielou evenness index of poisonous plants in alpine meadow under different grazing intensities were studied the in the eastern Qilian Mountains.The results showed that 3 biodiversity indices of poisonous plants in lightly-grazing group were high,and the richness index and Shannon-Wiener index were significantly higher than other 3 grazing groups (P<0.05),but there was no significant difference in Peilou index between lightly-grazing group and moderately-grazing group (P>0.05).The monthly variation of biodiversity indices of poisonous plants in lightly-grazing group was large and significant.(P<0.05).The three diversity indices of poisonous plants in overgrazing group were significantly higher than moderately-grazing and heavily-grazing groups in June,July and August (P<0.05),but significantly lower in October (P<0.05) than other 3 grazing groups.The richness index of poisonous plants in overgrazing group had the greatest variation among months and the difference was significant (P<0.05).The biodiversity index of poisonous plants in moderately and heavily-grazing groups was lower.The richness and Shannon-Wiener indices of poisonous plants in moderately-grazing group were lower than other 3 grazing groups from June to August,but the Peilou index was higher.The biodiversity indices of moderate and severe grazing groups changed slightly among months.