| Scientific Name: | Metasequoia glyptostroboides |
| Common Name: | dawn redwood |
| Family Name: | Cupressaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Conifer, Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | > 30m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Pyramidal - narrowly |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Screening, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
| Flowers: | n/a (male cone), Brown, Mar-Apr |
| Fruit: | Cone (winged seeds), Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Deciduous conifer locally; leaves opposite, yew-like (soft flat needles), midrib groove, apex obtuse, 1-3cm long x 1.5-2mm wide; seed cones mostly elliptical, 15-25mm long x 10-15mm wide, terminal, solitary, scales woody 20-30 per cone; seeds 5-8 per scale, light brown, about 5mm long, with 2 broad, thin, paler wings; seedlings usually with 2 cotyledons and leaves 24-32(-64)mm long. Winter ID: bark is shaggy; trunk has depressions or an 'armpit' below branch attachments; fallen cones; buds small, yellowish, opposite, and perpendicular to twig (vs. bald cypress which has alternate buds). <a href ='https://www.conifers.org/cu/Metasequoia.php' target='_blank'>Conifers.org<a> | |