Since there are the root systems of herbaceous plant in the shallow layer of soil masses of slope, the shallow layer of slope becomes a compound materials made of soil masses and root system.Owing to friction action and tensile resistance action of roots, the shear strength of soil layer with root system is increased.And a comprehensive mechanical analysis of how herbaceous plants strengthen slope was carried out.Not only a mechanical model of interaction between root and soil, but also a quantitative calculation of increase of shear strength and stability coefficient of slope was put forward.As a result, the theoretical basis of herbaceous plant ecological slope protection was provided.