Seedlings of five tree species in the secondary Lauro-Fagaceae forest at Fu-Shan area were selected and grew under two light intensities (strong, and weak or intermediate) and four nutrient amendments (N, P, complete fertilizer, and control) in the pots with forest surface soil from Fu-Shan. The five species were Castanopsis carlesii var. sessilis, Engelhardtia roxburghiana, Machilus zuihoensis, Sapium discolor, Schefflera octophylla, Over six or eleven months, the pro-pioneer species (S. discolor, C. carlesii var. sessilis) would grow better under strong light intensity, while pro-climax species CE. roxburghiana, M. zuihoensis, S. octophylla) would grow better under both strong and intermediate light intensities. The pro-pioneer species responsed to N stronger than to P, while two of the three pro-climax species responded to P stronger than to N. Available P in this forest ecosystem is low. Therefore the different response patterns of these two successional tree groups to light intensity and nutrient amendment may indicate their evolved adaptive strategies toward the available resource of this forestecosystem.