Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Cupressaceae
Growth habit
Tree
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
China
Location
Floriculture War Memorial Trail, Treman Woodland Walk, Conifer Slope, Nevin Welcome Center
Source of plant
Treehaven Evergreen Nursery, Klyn Nurseries, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Donald Egolf, Princeton Nurseries, Robert Polson
Description
Pyramidal, conical with a single straight trunk when young, supposedly developing a broad-rounded crown with age, reaching 70' to 100' in height with a 25' spread; known to reach 120' in height. Fall color can be an excellent orange-brown to red-brown. Bark reddish-brown when young, becoming darker, grayish, fissured and exfoliating in long narrow strips; base buttressing and developing an irregular fluted character.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
fall color