Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Dawn Redwood

 Plant Type:
 Growth Forms:
 Hardiness:
 Deciduous / Evergreen:
 Foliage Notes:
Green (Lustrous bright green soft needles in the summer); Orange (Fall color can be an excellent orange-brown to red-brown)
 Fruit Notes:
Brown (Round cones beginning green and maturing brown)
 Ultimate Height:
70-100 feet
 Ultimate Spread:
25-50 feet
 Light Requirements:
 Soil Notes:
Widely adapted to soils; tolerates extended flooding
 Range:
Central China
 Diagnostic Characteristics:
Pinnately compound leaves are comparable to those of Taxodium distichum, except oppositely arranged with leaflets placed opposite, with rounded tips, and a distinct groove on top (adaxial). Also has "arm-pit" like depressions below branches that distinguish it from Taxodium distichum.

Additional Information

More tolerant of different sites than Taxodium distichum (Common Baldcypress). Prefers moist sites and can grow in water. Japanese beetles will feed on foliage. Does not like chalky soils with high pH.

When Metasequoia glyptostroboides has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University

No Flowering Observations Available

Fruiting

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53 Metasequoia glyptostroboides found

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