Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng - Dawn Redwood


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Distribution:
An occasional planted tree. Locations include Cuerden Valley Park arboreta (SD52S, CS Crook, 1995 & SD5623, Lancashire Wildlife Trust Bioblitz, 2010); Worden Park (SD52F, CS Crook, 1996); Southport Botanic Gardens (M Knowles, 2009); Standish Churchyard (SD5610, DP Earl & J Earl, 2009); Scutcher's Wood (SD4510, J Watt, 2011).

Habitat:
Ornamental plantings within woods, parks and on rural estates.

Comments:
Neophyte, native to China. The Scutcher's Wood planting is of a golden-leaved variety.

Identification:
A deciduous tree with stringy bark. The leaves on the short shoots are sub-sessile, opposite to each other and 2-3mm wide.