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.
Metasequoia glyptostroboides Dawn Redwood
Green (Lustrous bright green soft needles in the summer); Orange (Fall color can be an excellent orange-brown to red-brown)
Brown (Round cones beginning green and maturing brown)
70-100 feet
25-50 feet
Widely adapted to soils; tolerates extended flooding
Central China
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.
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Overall Habit
Foliage
Bark
Bark
Fall Habit
Winter Interest
Winter Interest
When Metasequoia glyptostroboides has been observed flowering or fruiting at Purdue University
No Flowering Observations Available
Fruiting
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47 Metasequoia glyptostroboides found
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| Number | Accession ID | Location | |
| 1 | 2009_13683*A | HORTPARK | |
| 2 | 2009_13396*A | HORTPARK | |
| 3 | 2009_13685*A | HORTPARK | |
| 4 | ORIG_7409*A | ADDL | |
| 5 | 2009_13684*A | HORTPARK | |
| 6 | 2023_00029*A | MTHW | |
| 7 | 2023_00029*B | MTHW | |
| 8 | 2023_00029*C | MTHW | |
| 9 | 2023_00029*D | MTHW | |
| 10 | 2023_00029*E | MTHW | |
| 11 | 2023_00049*A | PKRF | |
| 12 | 2023_00374*A | DLR | |
| 13 | 2023_00451*A | DANL | |
| 14 | 2023_00451*B | DANL | |
| 15 | 2023_00451*C | DANL | |
| 16 | 2023_00451*D | DANL | |
| 17 | 2023_00451*E | DANL | |
| 18 | 2023_00451*F | DANL | |
| 19 | 2023_00451*G | MTHW | |
| 20 | 2023_00749*C | WADE | |
| 21 | 2023_00749*D | WADE | |
| 22 | 2023_00749*F | WADE | |
| 23 | 2024_00029*B | HORTPARK | |
| 24 | 2024_00029*D | HORTPARK | |
| 25 | 2024_00029*E | HORTPARK | |
| 26 | 2024_00029*F | HORTPARK | |
| 27 | 2024_00029*G | HORTPARK | |
| 28 | 2024_00029*H | HORTPARK | |
| 29 | 2024_00029*I | HORTPARK | |
| 30 | 2024_00029*J | HORTPARK | |
| 31 | 2024_00080*A | UNIV | |
| 32 | 2024_00080*C | UNIV | |
| 33 | 2024_00080*D | UNIV | |
| 34 | 2024_00080*E | UNIV | |
| 35 | 2024_00080*F | UNIV | |
| 36 | 2024_00080*G | UNIV | |
| 37 | 2024_00080*H | UNIV | |
| 38 | 2024_00080*I | UNIV | |
| 39 | 2024_00080*J | UNIV | |
| 40 | 2024_00080*K | UNIV | |
| 41 | 2024_00080*L | UNIV | |
| 42 | 2024_00157*A | MCUT | |
| 43 | 2024_00157*B | MCUT | |
| 44 | 2024_00258*A | UNIV | |
| 45 | 2025_00033*A | HAAS | |
| 46 | 2025_00033*B | BIND | |
| 47 | 2025_00033*C | BIND |
