植被抗蚀护坡的潜能源于它与近地面大气、土壤等的相互作用，具体表现为植被的水文效应和机械效应。对这些效应的科学认识是建立植被坡面生态工程基础理论的前提。在过去几十年里，人们对植被与侵蚀之间的因果关系以及植被的坡面保护作用的认识不断加强，使植被越来越成为控制侵蚀和稳定斜坡的有效手段。由于它比较突出的优点和潜能，这一生物学途径在自然环境保护和工程建设方面已经积累了许多经验，具有不少成功的案例，展现了其广阔的发展前景。 The potential of vegetation revetment slope protection comes from its interaction with the near-surface atmosphere, soil and so on, which is manifested as the hydrological effect and mechanical effect of vegetation. The scientific understanding of these effects is the prerequisite for establishing the basic theory of vegetation ecological engineering. In the past decades, there has been a growing awareness of the causal relationship between vegetation and erosion and the role of vegetation in slope protection, making vegetation more and more an effective means of controlling erosion and stabilizing slopes. Due to its outstanding advantages and potential, this biological approach has accumulated a great deal of experience in the protection of the natural environment and engineering construction. It has many successful cases and shows its broad prospects for development.