dawn redwood metasequoia

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... Family Taxodiaceae> Order Coniferales Family Taxodiaceae Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood Metasequoia is a common fossil of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Periods. Pictured below is a modern Metasequoia which was discovered in southwestern China in 1941 ...
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Arnold Arboretum - Self-guided conifer tour
... Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides The dawn redwood is one of the Arboretum’s most famous trees. This specimen is unusual for its multistemmed nature; most dawn redwoods are single-stemmed. Metasequoia ... efforts to distribute seeds to other botanic gardens, the dawn redwood currently enjoys widespread popularity. A deciduous conifer, dawn redwood has lovely, amber-colored, fall foliage. 8. ...
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HortNews- May 2006
... lasts until Thanksgiving. Seven-son has handsome, peeling bark that resembles that of a crapemyrtle. Dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides. Dawn redwood's delightful, feathery, bright-green leaves change to rich, reddish-brown in the fall ...
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An Account of the 1980 Sino-American Expedition
... route they stopped at Mo-tau-chi where they saw the "type" tree of the dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides. It was from this tree that the first specimens of this species were collected ... to science. While based in Lichuan the party traveled to the Metasequoia Valley, Shui-sa-pa, where in 1947 the dawn redwood was found forming an extensive, naturally producing population. Moreover, botanical ...
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redwood genus description
... are commonly confused with redwoods, but each is a separate genus: giant sequoia, Sequoiadendron, and dawn redwood, Metasequoia. Prior to the formation of the Cascades, when the Pacific Northwest's climate was ... California, while dawn redwood is native to China. As with redwood, each of these trees has been widely planted outside its native range. For more information on the redwood native to the ...
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Trees of Reed: Dawn Redwood
... Trees of Reed: Dawn Redwood Dawn Redwood Scientific Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides Family: Taxodiaceae A deciduous conifer known for its buttress-shaped trunk. This tree was ...
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LIVING FOSSILS AT PALOMAR COLLEGE
... growing in a remote valley of Central China, is the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). The genus Metasequoia was first described from fossil material by the Japanese paleobotanist Shigeru ... . The seed cones and foliage of the dawn redwood superficially resemble our California coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), except that the dawn redwood is deciduous and loses its leaves during ...
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Dawn Redwood
... Dawn Redwood Dawn Redwood - Metasequoia Metasequoia is a genus of one species of deciduous, monoecious, coniferous tree from valley forests of Central China. Metasequoia had been described from fossils by the Japanese ... the largest living thing on the planet. The Third of the redwoods, the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostrobides), also has flat needle like foliage. All three will make excellent ...
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Book review of Discovered Alive: The Story of the Chinese Redwood.
... "Finding a living dawn redwood is at least as remarkable as discovering a living dinosaur." Dr. Ralph Chaney. In Spring, the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is one ... - buy what you want at Amazon! Index of our Articles. Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) - Introduction. Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) - Time Chart - longevity, history, pre-history. Pine Trees - Your ...
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Introduction to Dawn (or Chinese) Redwood
... Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). Metasequoia is a fascinating international tree. Native only to China, it is grown as a guest tree world-wide and especially in California: Metasequoia ...
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