The ecological benefits of roof greening with tree-shrub,shrub-grass and ground-cover plant patterns were studied in Lanzhou.The temperature,relative air humidity and air negative oxygen ions under different patterns were determined.The results showed that tree-shrub and shrub-grass pattern had extremely significant cooling effect,and cooling effect ranking was tree-shrub (10.36℃) > shrub-grass (6.27℃) > ground-cover plant (3.92℃).No significant difference in humidification effect was found between tree-shrub and ground-cover,and the shrub-grass pattern could significantly increase the relative humidity of the environment.The humidification ranking was shrub-grass (3.15%) > tree-shrub (2.81%) > ground-cover plant (2.80%).Tree-shrub and ground-cover plant patterns showed significant improving effect on air negative oxygen ions,and the ranking for improving air negative oxygen ions was tree-shrub (63.42 ions/cm3) > shrub-grass (52.13 ions/cm3) > ground-cover plant (37.59 ions/cm3) >CK (33.98 ions/cm3).