Assessing and monitoring are essential steps for the restoration process. These processes require ecological indicators to evaluate the re-establishment of the ecological processes that maintain the forest dynamics. However, the majority of studies involving ecological indicators developed in Brazil are aimed at monitoring active restorations, with specific indicators. In this context, the current study aimed to characterize the seed rain and litterfall, and verify their applicability as relevant ecological indicators in the evaluation of the passive forest restoration process in riparian forest. These areas are of different ages, post-harvest of Pinus taeda L. stands, within the Araucaria Forest, which is part of an important global hotspot for biodiversity conservation. We evaluated the floristic composition of the seed rain and the measurement of the litter supply at five different ages of the restoration process, for one year. The efficiency of these indicators was defined by means of a classification based on aspects and descriptors. We hypothesized that these two indicators are suitable for assessing and monitoring the restoration trajectory and can describe the reestablishment of ecological processes in anthropized areas. These indicators are important because they determine the restoration of the functionality of altered ecosystems. The results showed that both are good indicators, mainly due to the sensitivity and scale criteria, since the indicators showed seasonal differences in the evaluated period. They can be used as scientific indicators for monitoring forest restoration in altered ecosystems.