Common Name: Dawn Redwood
Latin Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Size: 40 (min) to 70 (max)
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Got to see the 130 foot tall twin dawn redwoods at the college of william and mary recently. I asked the girl at the information desk who found a photo on the computer. The silouette was obvious on the horizon, she told me where it was taken from, and the rest is history. Magnificent trees
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Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Origin: China
Maximum Height: 70 feet
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Dawn RedwoodMetasequoia glyptostroboides
Origin: China
Maximum Height: 70 feet
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Metasequoia
species: glyptostroboides
Origin: China
Size: 40 (min) to 70 (max)
Size Description: Large deciduous conifer
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| Availability: | Good Availabilty | ||
| Sustainability: | Very Good | See other plants that are sustainable. |
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Plant Images and Specimens
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Location: Crestview Hills
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Fall
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Location: Crestview Hills
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
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Buttressed Trunk
Age: Old
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
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Summer Foliage
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
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Fall Foliage
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
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Newly Emerging Spring Foliage
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
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Opening Buds
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
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Buttressed Trunk
Location: Ault Park, Cincinnati
Age: Old
Planted By: Cincinnati Parks
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein
Trunk of tree planted in 1949
Location: Duke Gardens
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Tree planted in 1949
Location: Duke Gardens
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Location: Park Hills
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Oct 24
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Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Fall 2012 Nov.12
Location: Brest Brittany France
Location: Brest Brittany France
Location: Oak Hill Cemetery Princeton Springdale OH 45246 [Latitude: 39.278700000000000 Longitude: -84.464797973632810] Specimen: 983
Location: Location Captured with GPS Device [Latitude: 39.278722166666700 Longitude: -84.464778400000000] Specimen: 1091
Location: National Arboretum 3501 New York Avenue Northeast Washington DC 20002 [Latitude: 38.911892633333300 Longitude: -76.969830266666700] Specimen: 1583
Metasequoia at National Arboretum
Location: National Arboretum, Washington, DC
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: May 2012
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1 Brookside Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom CB2 1JE [Latitude: 52.193185650000000 Longitude: 0.131673400000000] Specimen: 1979
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2012
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2012
Location: Village of Moscow, Ohio Water St Moscow OH [Latitude: 38.856194083333300 Longitude: -84.227539216666700] Specimen: 2344
Location: Village of Moscow, Ohio Water St Moscow OH [Latitude: 39.000000000000000 Longitude: 86.000000000000000] Specimen: 2705
Trunk showing buttressing and typical "armpits"
Location: Oldfields, former tennis court
Photo Credit: Paul Koloszar
Season: summer
Location: Ashville Ashville NC [Latitude: 35.593121310000000 Longitude: -82.551943310000000] Specimen: 3020
Location: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens 3400 Vine Street Cincinnati OH 45220 [Latitude: 35.592963880000000 Longitude: -82.553047570000000] Specimen: 3023
Location: Sharon Woods Park Sharon Woods Park Sharonville OH [Latitude: 39.288238500000000 Longitude: -84.385563050000000] Specimen: 3137
Location: Copenhagen Botanic Garden Copenhagen Denmark [Latitude: 55.686684100000000 Longitude: 12.573090650000000] Specimen: 3401
Metasequoia
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013
Location: Birmingham (UK) Botanic Gardens Westbourne Road Birmingham B15 3TR [Latitude: 52.466840776547700 Longitude: -1.929673170998770] Specimen: 3514
Metasequoia
Location: Birmingham, UK
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013
Metasequoia
Location: Birmingham, UK
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013
Location: Birmingham (UK) Botanic Gardens Westbourne Road Birmingham B15 3TR [Latitude: 52.466455226944000 Longitude: -1.930356953979990] Specimen: 3557
Metasequoia
Location: Birmingham, UK
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2013
Location: Chicago Botanical Garden [Latitude: 42.148091770000000 Longitude: -87.788090880000000] Specimen: 3699
Location: Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens 3400 Vine Street Cincinnati OH 45220 [Latitude: 39.061714520000000 Longitude: -84.532433070000000] Specimen: 3733
Location: Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam (Amsterdam Botanical Gardens) Plantage middenlaan 2a Amsterdam, Netherlands [Latitude: 52.366575630000000 Longitude: 4.908318590000000] Specimen: 3853
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Scotland [Latitude: 55.965910320000000 Longitude: -3.206271850000000] Specimen: 4084
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Scotland [Latitude: 55.965910320000000 Longitude: -3.206271850000000] Specimen: 4123
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh Scotland [Latitude: 55.964045190000000 Longitude: -3.209176610000000] Specimen: 4201
Location: Halifax Public Gardens, Nova Scotia, Canada Halifax Public Gardens Halifax Nova Scotia [Latitude: 44.643681010000000 Longitude: -63.581644260000000] Specimen: 4680
Location: Halifax Public Gardens, Nova Scotia, Canada Halifax Public Gardens Halifax Nova Scotia [Latitude: 44.642214200000000 Longitude: -63.582152600000000] Specimen: 4716
Location: Glasgow Botanic Garden, Scotland 730 Great Western Rd Glasgow, Glasgow City G12 0UE, United Kingdom [Latitude: 55.882292438032300 Longitude: -4.290863530898570] Specimen: 5217
Location: Spring Grove Ave. between Beech and Vine 5304 Spring Grove Avenue Cincinnati OH [Latitude: 43.292205550000000 Longitude: -79.874140040000000] Specimen: 5482
Location: RBG
Location: Spring Grove Ave. between Beech and Vine 5304 Spring Grove Avenue Cincinnati OH [Latitude: 43.292205550000000 Longitude: -79.874140040000000] Specimen: 5483
Location: RBG
Location: Oxford England [Latitude: 51.750797230000000 Longitude: -1.247321310000000] Specimen: 7688
Location: Oxford England
Location: Oxford England
Location: Dublin, Ireland [Latitude: 53.373234490000000 Longitude: -6.272619610000000] Specimen: 7941
Location: Bailiwick of Jersey UK, Botanic Gardens [Latitude: 49.174665080000000 Longitude: -2.078665810000000] Specimen: 8886
October 2016
Location: Bailiwick of Jersey (UK), Botanic Gardens
October 2016
Location: Bailiwick of Jersey (UK), Botanic Gardens
Location: Geneva, Switzerland [Latitude: 46.224759210000000 Longitude: 6.145562140000000] Specimen: 9070
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Location: Geneva, Switzerland [Latitude: 46.227386610000000 Longitude: 6.148402880000000] Specimen: 9130
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Jardin Botanique Geneva, November 2016
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Birdwood Avenue [Latitude: -37.831284030000000 Longitude: 144.982753000000000] Specimen: 9867
December 2016
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Birdwood Avenue
Location: Vienna, Austria [Latitude: 48.191139050000000 Longitude: 16.383266200000000] Specimen: 10786
Location: Beijing [Latitude: 39.923084250000000 Longitude: 116.383746150000000] Specimen: 10949
Bei hai park November 2017
Location: Beijing
Location: Beijing [Latitude: 39.928719680000000 Longitude: 116.385651600000000] Specimen: 10961
Bei hai park November 2017
Location: Beijing
Location: Rowe Arboretum 4600 Muchmore Road Indian Hill OH [Latitude: 39.152265200000000 Longitude: -84.359471300000000] Specimen: 11705
March 2013
Location: Rowe Arboretum 4600 Muchmore Road