The Daba Mountains are home to dawn redwood which are considered living fossils, they resemble organisms known only from the fossil records.
The Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a deciduous conifer endemic to the Daba Shan, whose nearest living relatives are the Coast Redwood and Giant Sequoia of California. It is a particularly well-known example of a living fossil species. A living fossil is an extant taxon that closely resembles organisms otherwise known only from the fossil record. 
