ABSTRACT Nine plant species were selected through vegetation survey at three military shooting ranges at northern Gyeonggi Province.Plants were germinated in normal soil and three seedlings were transplanted to a bottom sealed pot containing sandy loamsoils contaminated with either RDX (291 mg/kg) or TNT (207 mg/kg). Planted, blank (without plant), and control (withoutexplosive compound) pots were grown in triplicate at a green house for 134 days. During cultivation, transplanted plantsexhibited chlorosis and necrosis in flower and leaf by explosive toxicity and stress. Only three plants, Wild soybean, Amursilver grass, Reed canary grass, survived in TNT treated pot, while seven plant species except for field penny cress andjimson weed, thrived in RDX treated pot. Appreciable amount of TNT (61.6~241.2 mg/g-D.W.) was detected only in plantroots. Up to 763.3 mg/g-D.W. along with 4-amino-2,6-dinitrotoluene, an intermediate of TNT, accumulated in the root ofwild soybean. In addition, azoxy compounds, abiotic intermediates of TNT, were detected in TNT treated soils. RDXabsorbed average 1,839.95 mg/kg in shoot and 204.83 mg/kg in root. Most of TNT in plant was accumulated in undergroundpart whereas RDX was localized in aerial part. Material balance calculation showed that more than 95% of the initial TNTwas removed in the planted pots whereas only 60% was removed in the blank pot. The amount of RDX removed fromsoil was in the order of Amur Silver Grass (51%) > Chickweed (43%) > Evening primrose (38%). Based on the results ofpot cultures, Amur silver grass and Reed canary grass are selected as tolerant remedial plants for explosive toxicity.Key words : Pot culture, Phytoremediation, RDX, TNT, Toxicity