Abstract:Lichuan, located at the foot of the Wuling Mountain in southwest Hubei province of central China, is well known in the world for the discovery of living fossil-Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & Cheng in 1940s. Its natural habitat has been well protected by the Chinese government. In order to provide scientific foundation for the protection of Metasequoia resource, it is necessary to analyze the change of the Metasequoia original natural mother trees of (MONMT) and their environment from 1948 to 2003. The re...