Abstract:In order to explore the spatial distribution law of soil potassium and its components in excavated slopes, a combination of field sampling and laboratory analysis was used. The cut slopes of Chuanhuang Expressway in Songpan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province were selected as the research objects, the differences in soil potassium content between different slope aspects were compared, and the correlation between different forms of potassium and soil physical and chemical properties was analyzed, the influencing factors of soil available potassium were clarified. The results showed that the contents of soil water-soluble potassium, non-specially adsorbed potassium, specially adsorbed potassium, rapidlyavailable potassium and non-exchangeable potassium in the soil were all in the order of sunny slope > shady slope, while soil mineral potassium and total potassium contents were in the order of sunny slope< shady slope. The content of soil potassium in all forms showed the order of semi-sunny slope > semi-shady slope. Soil non-specially adsorbed potassium, specially adsorbed potassium and rapidly-available potassium was significantly or extremely significantly positively correlated with soil pH, total nitrogen, and alkaline hydrolyzed nitrogen. Soil pH is the main factor affecting soil available potassium, and water-soluble potassium and non-specially adsorbed potassium have a greater contribution to the soil available potassium of cut slopes.