Arkansas Tree Database

Dawn Redwood

Scientific name:

Metasequoia Glyptostroboides

Size:

45' tall by 20' wide, up to 100' tall

Leaves:

opposite, 1/2" long, soft, slightly curved, in a flat spray, fern-like

Flowers:

inconspicuous

Fruit:

small cone

Fall Interest:

beautiful reddish brown; deciduous conifer

Culture:

sun; medium to wet soil; very adaptable to soil type and fast-growing

Disease/Insect:

Use:

landscape specimen, street tree

Cultivars:

Notes:

bark orange or red-brown, fissured; pyramidal shape; leaf arrangement is opposite, in contrast to alternate for bald-cypress; native to China

Resources:

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