Common Name: Dawn Redwood
Scientific Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Location: Williamsburg Park near the tennis court
Size: 34 inches diameter at breast height

Location: Main Park above small shelter
Size: 19 inches diameter at breast height

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Native to: China
This tree typically grows to: 70-100 feet tall and 15-30 feet wide
This tree prefers these conditions: Medium to wet soil; full sun.
Special about this tree:
- This tree’s leaves are in the form of crisp green soft, fern-like needles, which turn copper in the fall and drop off the tree.
- The bark of mature trees is threadlike and reddish.
- The Dawn Redwood is a prehistoric tree, and was thought to be extinct until 1941, when a forester found one in the wild in China and collected seeds.
- Can tolerate periods of wet soil, making this a good candidate for low-lying areas or rain gardens.
- Resistant to deer.
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