Dawn Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Plantae
ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 600+ yrs
- Size
- Huge
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- East Asia
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Armor
- Status
- Endangered
About
This deciduous conifer grows in the humid valleys of Hubei, China. It sheds its entire set of green needles every autumn to survive the winter.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Cupressaceae
- Genus
- Metasequoia
- Species
- Metasequoia glyptostroboides