Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A time capsule to the dinosaur age, dawn redwoods trees are growing in Michigan. You may think of redwoods as growing only along ...

For homeowners fortunate enough to have the space for them, there are few trees more stunning than the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). These massive trees can reach 100 feet in height and ...

The dawn redwood is a deciduous conifer native to China, known for its growth and large, conical shape, reaching heights of 70-100 feet. Its fern-like foliage emerges light green in spring, turns dark ...

Are you the owner of a big dawn redwood? It could be eligible for inclusion on the Michigan Big Tree Register. This sequoia species is known to grow up to 140 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter, living ...

A little stream flows through several clusters of dawn redwoods at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, dampening the dark, soft wood of their trunks. These trees were presumed to have been extinct for ...

About a year ago in this space, I wrote about a fascinating tree — the bald cypress, Taxodium distichum — that was unique in that it is a conifer that is deciduous rather than evergreen. Conifers, as ...

Silvics: The dawn redwood is native to China’s Sichuan and Hubei provinces where it is found in low-lying areas near streams and rivers, hence the local nickname “water fir”. A versatile and ...

At a corner house in San Anselmo, a different redwood grows on three corners of the lot. The redwoods are the coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens; the Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum; and the ...

How did these Redwoods get into Downtown Cary? Shockingly, the grove is right in the heart of downtown. Many locals have driven past the Redwood grove hundreds of times without even realizing what ...

The Dawn Redwood tree is the symbol of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in Jamaica Plain — at least according to Arboretum Director William Friedman. And now, 10 of those trees are heading ...

One of Baltimore’s most photographed trees fell victim to lightning over Memorial Day weekend. During Memorial Day’s evening thunderstorms, fast winds brought down trees in the area while lightning ...

trees that had previously escaped our eagle eyes. The tree story actually begins with an Internet bulletin board called the Orange County Rare Bird Alert. This list lets subscribers know where to find ...