Scientific name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Common name:  dawn redwood

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: Over 30m tall and 405m wide

Form: pyramidal and spreading

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained, acidic

Leaf arrangement: compound. Opposite.

Fall colour: orange, red, brown

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone. No significant inflorescence.

Limitations: very large

Suitable uses: screening. Very adaptable and good in multiples.

Quick ID: Dec. conifer tree. Leaves needles (flat and soft); flop downwards. Opposite (taxodium is alternate). Pinnately compound. Little buds (male cones) at each leaflet.

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