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Dawn Redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

  • Common Name: Dawn Redwood
  • Genus: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
  • Plant Type: tree or conifer
  • Plant Height: 20m
  • Plant Spread: 10m
  • Sunlight: hot overhead sun
  • Soil Moisture: constantly moist to usually boggy
  • Plant Uses: informal screen, bonsai, street tree, shade tree
  • Plant Pruning: Retain only one main trunk.
  • Garden type: Suits formal designs
  • Plant Origins: China-Korea
  • Plant Seasonality: Deciduous
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  • Alex
    November 2011

    ?!!! By no means is this a Metasequoia. This is a Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), pretty commonly mistaken for metasequoia. But if you got cones, there is no way to confuse them. The colour of the autumn foliage is different, too. Cheers.

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