Abstract:Ancient trees, carried homesickness, are a unique resource of beautiful villages. Guangdong Province is rich in ancient trees in rural areas, accounting for 87.22% of the province’s total.Through the study and analysis of the species composition and distribution characteristics of ancient rural trees in Guangdong Province, the results indicate that there are 70 101 ancient trees in rural areas of Guangdong Province, belonging to 517 species, 256 genera, 82 families, with a large number, concentrated species and uneven distribution. There are signifcant diferences in the number distribution among tree species. The top 4 tree species are Ficus microcarpa, Litchi chinensis, Cinnamomum camphora and Dimocarpus longan, accounting for 43.54% in total. The age distribution of ancient trees in rural areas is uneven, among which 92.68% are grade three ancient trees, most of which are economic trees such as L. chinensis and D. longan. There are obvious differences in the distribution of ancient trees in villages of different prefecture-level cities, and there are significant differences in the proportion of normal strains,weakened strains and endangered strains among prefecture-level cities. The ownership of ancient trees in rural areas is mainly owned by collective. The distribution characteristics of cultural and landscape trees are mainly scattered, and economic trees are mainly clustered.Most of ancient trees lack of effective protection measures, new technology and innovation of ancient tree management mode can be used to further strengthen the protection and management of ancient and famous trees.