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THE Dawn
Redwood
About the Dawn
Redwood :
The Dawn Redwood tree, Metasequoia
glyptostroboides, is a deciduous conifer,
with soft needle-like leaves that look like
evergreens, but are bright green in the
spring and brilliant orange/red in the fall.
The needles are shed in the cold season of
winter. Dawn Redwood trees are a very
ornamental and interesting large tree, one
of the few deciduous conifers in the world.
It is feathery pyramidal in form with a
straight, fluted trunk. It grows very fast
to 40’ and can grow to 70’.
The bark is red- brown, fissured and
exfoliating in long strips. It is a
beautiful and stately tree, well suited for
large areas. It makes a very effective, fast
growing screen, perfect as a long driveway
alley. This tree does best in full sun and
when provided with adequate moisture. The
Dawn Redwood has been called "a living
fossil" because it was first discovered in
Japan in 1941 and then found growing in the
wild in China. The species is over 50
million years old. It is a very hardy tree
and tolerates windy sites. |
