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Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
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Dawn Redwood |
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China |
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Broad to narrowly conical, with a single
straight trunk, developing a broad-rounded crown
with age. |
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70-100 feet tall with a spread of 25-40 feet |
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Plants are
monoecious. Cones are not showy. The
staminate cones are borne in a raceme or
panicle. |
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Needles are deciduous, opposite, flattened, ½
inch long, bright green in color. |
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Fall color is pinkish brown to russet-brown,
usually quite showy. |
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Stems are of 2 kinds - persistent and deciduous.
Persistent stems are reddish-brown, shallowly
ridged and carry the deciduous stems, which are
green in color, to 3 inches long. |
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Cones are long-stalked, pendulous, ½-¾
inch across, dark brown in color. |
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Fossils from the age of dinosaurs were discovered in
1944 and in the same year living trees were found in
China. Related to the
Sequoia and
Sequoiadendron
genera. |
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