Dawn Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides 25 Cones

  The Dawn Redwood was considered extinct until rediscovered in the 1940s in China and reintroduced via the efforts of the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Seeds and seedlings were distributed to many public gardens and universities with trees now over 100’. Habit is soft, feathery, conical pyramidal, the needles bright green, turning rusty orange to brown in autumn. The needle-bearing branches, oppositely arranged, abscise in toto in fall. The opposite arrangement permits easy separation from Taxodium distichum, common baldcypress, with alternate branches and buds. The bark is beautiful, rich reddish brown, slightly shedding in thin strips, the trunk is fluted with a braided appearance. Though deciduous, the unique branching and bark characteristics provide exquisite winter beauty. Tree bark glows rich saturated orange-red in the late afternoon winter sun. Single specimens, grouping and groves inspire. Excellent tree along streams and in moist soil areas. Extremely to