| Description | A very large deciduous conifer that will tolerate moist sites |
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| Pronunciation | (met-a-see-KWOY-ah)(glip-too-stroo-BOY-dez) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Trees Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, prefers moist |
| Soil & Site | average, prefers moist, well drained |
| Temperature | in the northern areas of it's hardiness zone, Dawn Redwood may have die back because of winter kill or late frosts |
| Flowers | monoecious |
| Fruit | pendulous cones |
| Leaves | deciduous needled conifer, bright green, fall colors. yellow. rust, orange, brown |
| Dimensions | reaching 70-100 feet tall with a spread of 25 feet, pyramidal |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered in 1941, Dr. Ralph Chancey a Berkly paleobotanist introduced and named Dawn Redwood. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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