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Common Name: Dawn Redwood      Latin Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides      Size: 40 (min) to 70 (max)
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Got to see the 130 foot tall twin dawn redwoods at the college of william and mary recently. I asked the girl at the information desk who found a photo on the computer. The silouette was obvious on the horizon, she told me where it was taken from, and the rest is history. Magnificent trees
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Plant Facts
Category: Tree
Family: Taxodiaceae
Genus: Metasequoia
species: glyptostroboides
Origin: China
Size: 40 (min) to 70 (max)
Size Description: Large deciduous conifer
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Bloom history: (Recorded in Cincinnati, Ohio, unless otherwise noted)3/6/2012 until 3/20/2012 See other plants that bloom at this time.
Plant Images and Specimens
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Location: Crestview Hills
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Fall
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Location: Crestview Hills
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz

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Buttressed Trunk
Age: Old
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein

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Summer Foliage
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein

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Fall Foliage
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein

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Newly Emerging Spring Foliage
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein

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Opening Buds
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein

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Buttressed Trunk
Location: Ault Park, Cincinnati
Age: Old
Planted By: Cincinnati Parks
Photo Credit: R. Scott Beuerlein

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Trunk of tree planted in 1949
Location: Duke Gardens
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz

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Tree planted in 1949
Location: Duke Gardens
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz

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Location: Park Hills
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Oct 24
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Location: Spring Grove Cemetery
Photo Credit: Steve Foltz
Season: Fall 2012 Nov.12
Location: Oak Hill Cemetery Princeton Springdale OH 45246
GPS location of this plant [Latitude: 39.278700000000000 Longitude: -84.464797973632810] Specimen: 983
Location: Location Captured with GPS Device
GPS location of this plant [Latitude: 39.278722166666700 Longitude: -84.464778400000000] Specimen: 1091
Location: National Arboretum 3501 New York Avenue Northeast Washington DC 20002
GPS location of this plant [Latitude: 38.911892633333300 Longitude: -76.969830266666700] Specimen: 1583
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Metasequoia at National Arboretum
Location: National Arboretum, Washington, DC
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: May 2012
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1 Brookside Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom CB2 1JE
GPS location of this plant [Latitude: 52.193185650000000 Longitude: 0.131673400000000] Specimen: 1979
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2012
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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Photo Credit: Brandan Jones
Season: August 2012
Location: Village of Moscow, Ohio Water St Moscow OH
GPS location of this plant [Latitude: 38.856194083333300 Longitude: -84.227539216666700] Specimen: 2344
Location: Village of Moscow, Ohio Water St Moscow OH
GPS location of this plant [Latitude: 39.000000000000000 Longitude: 86.000000000000000] Specimen: 2705
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Trunk showing buttressing and typical "armpits"
Location: Oldfields, former tennis court
Photo Credit: Paul Koloszar
Season: summer
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