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Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Zones: 5 - 8

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The Dawn Redwood Grows in zones 5 - 8
  • Doesn’t require much maintenance
  • Thrives in larger spaces
  • Features fine and feathery leaves, bright green in color, opposite in arrangement, flattened and about 1/2" long and 1/16" wide
  • Produces rounded cones about ¾–1¾" long
  • Sheds leaves and slender twigs annually
  • Tolerates pollution
  • Grows in a pyramidal shape
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Tree Details

Shape

Pyramidal

Growth Speed

Fast

Scientific Name

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Shipping Height

2'

Highlights

This is an impressive tree by any standard. Of special note is that fossils in northern parts of the United States show that the dawn redwood knew the dinosaurs. It was long thought to be extinct—until it was discovered alive and well in a rural, mountainous area of China.

The dawn redwood is relatively carefree and also fast growing, with one specimen in Virginia having reached 120 feet in 30 years! While the tree’s natural range is an area of only about 232 square miles in China, it has been planted successfully around the world.

Sun Preference

Full Sun

Soil Preference

Acidic, Clay, Drought, Loamy, Moist, Sandy, Well Drained, Wet

Wildlife Value

This tree provides winter cover for birds, small mammals and deer.

History/Lore

The dawn redwood is a living testimony to the surprises still to be found in nature. When dinosaurs roamed the earth, it is believed that trees in the Redwood family were very abundant. Today, only 9 genera and 15 species exist. Dawn redwood was one of those known only as a fossil until 1941, when it was discovered growing in a remote valley of the Szechwan province of China. Seeds were collected by the Arnold Arboretum in 1947, and the species has been distributed worldwide.

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