【Objective】 The experiment is carried out in order to explore the response of root configuration of le-gume-grass mixed pasture to mixed sowing components and proportions.【Method】 The artificial pasture constructedby alfalfa and three life forms gramineous forage (stolon type-Poa pratensis,rhizome type-Bromus inermis and bushtype-Festuca arundinacea) with mixed sowing ratios of 7∶3,5∶5 and 3∶7 was selected as the research objects,and themonoculture of each forage was chosen as the control to determine the root morphology and configuration characteris-tics of each component under different mixed sowing treatments.【Result】 Mixed sowing changed the morphologyand configuration of forages roots. The forages responded to the competitive environment by increasing the total rootlength,root surface area,root volume and root tip number,reducing root diameter,optimizing topological structure,enhancing spatial occupancy and improving root development. As a result,the mixed sowing pasture yield increased.However,the exorbitant proportion of alfalfa would hinder the growth of F. arundinacea roots. Compared with themonoculture pasture,the root branch structure of forage in the mixed pasture had the trend of changing from forkbranch to fishtail branch. Under the mixed sowing treatment,the variation of root traits of each grass species was obvi-ous. The variation of alfalfa was mainly in the number of root tips,and the coefficient of variation was 51. 95%. Thevariation of P. patensis was mainly in the topological index,and the coefficient of variation was 81. 13%. The varia-tion of B. inermis and F. arundinacea was mainly in root volume,and the coefficient of variation was 52. 29% and29. 17% respectively.【Conclusion】 When alfalfa was mixed with P. pratensis at 3∶7,with B. inermis at 3∶7,and withF. arundinaceaat 3∶7,the root system developed and the rate of increases were high. .