With litter from four different close-to-nature forest improvement stages of Pinus massoniana Lamb.in Tuanfeng County,a research has been carried out into the litter quantity and its water holding capacity,the results show that the decrease speed order of litter is in the order of competitive selection stage > perpetual forest stage > quality of stage > forest construction stage.The water holding capacity of litter both un-decomposed and half-decomposed is in following order of forest construction stage < q...