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§1 Plant

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng

vernacular dawn redwood — species · Cupressaceae

USDA: MEGL8
GBIF: 5284231
Rank: species

dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) — Platephotograph · W RaoCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Tree
Duration: Perennial
Group: Gymnosperm
Family: Cupressaceae Gray
Genus: Metasequoia

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§2b

County-level range

· 2 counties across 2 states/territories

Legend Native · 0 Introduced · 2 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Low
Shade: High
Moisture use: High
Fire: Low
Salinity: None
Anaerobic: Low
CaCO₃: Medium
Hedging: Low

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -13 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 200 min.
Precipitation: 24–55 in/yr
pH range: 6.2–8.4
Root depth: 48 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Single Stem
Growth rate: Rapid
Lifespan: Long
Mature height: 100 ft
Height @ 20 y: 60 ft
Foliage texture: Fine
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Dense
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Yellow
Fruit colour: Brown
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Spring
Seed abundance: Low
Seed begins: Summer
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: Slow
Stratify: No
Propagation: seed, cuttings, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Routinely Available
Nursery stock: Yes
Palatable, human: No
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 2 counties across 2 states/territories.

New York view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Queens 36081

Ohio view state ↗ 1 I ▾

Butler 39017

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/MEGL8 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5284231 ↗

Record version

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