In order to study adaptation of Macropanax rosthornii to water stresses and to provide bases for introduction and plantation as an ornamental plant, using 2-year-old seedlings of M. rosthornii as experiment materials, the effects of water stress on physiological and biochemical characteristics by pot experiment under different water stresses (the relative soil water contents were set up by 80%, 70%, 60%, and 50% of maximum field capacity respectively, and 100% was the control). The results showed that the relative water content in M. rosthornii leaves was declined as the relative soil water co...