Metasequoia, or dawn redwood, is a genus of fast-growing coniferous trees. It contains one extant (living) species, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, which is one of three extant species of conifers …

Metasequoia 4 Ver4.9.0d has been released. Starting with this version, Metal is the default renderer on macOS, allowing Macs equipped with Apple Silicon (M1 or later) to accurately …

It is native to central and western China, where fossil records show it has existed for at least 50 million years. This tree was first known from a fossil record, not from living extant plants, and …

Metasequoia glyptostroboides, commonly called dawn redwood, is a deciduous, coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape to 100’ tall. It is related to and closely resembles bald cypress …

Feb 10, 2025 · There are three deciduous genera in the Cupressaceae: Glyptostrobus, Metasequoia, and Taxodium. The first two are endemic to small areas in China, so they are …

Metasequoia belongs to an elite group of plants – mostly quite unrelated – whose stories are the apogee of botanical legend. Its improbable discovery in China in the 1940s is one of botany’s …

Once believed to be extinct and known only through fossils, it was rediscovered in China in 1941 and introduced to the horticultural world in the 1940s. Today, it is cherished as a living fossil …

In the early 1940s, the genus Metasequoia was known only from the fossil record. Rocks containing the imprints of the dawn redwood’s characteristic needle pattern had been found in …

The first living Metasequoia trees were discovered in 1944 by Chinese botanist Wang Zhan in Sichuan province, China. The plant is a common ornamental tree that grows well in temperate …

State Fossil of Oregon: The Oregon legislature designated the Metasequoia as the official state fossil in 2005. Metasequoia flourished in the Miocene epoch of 25 to 5 million years ago and …