Station 17
Botanical Name: Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Common Name: Dawn Redwood
Major Deciduous Conifer Tree
Native Origin: China
Height: 70’-80’
Spread: 25’
Form: Pyramidal
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Fruit: 1” Cones
Bark: Red-Brown, Exfoliating in Vertical Narrow Strips
Comments: This is Keystone’s second deciduous conifer along the tree identification walk. Besides the incredibly long botanical name of this tree it also has a long list of appealing traits. Stories of this tree being cut down during winter months with notion that the tree was dead due to the loss of needles are heartbreaking. The tree has many landscape characteristics of interest, including the deciduous needles, attractive bark and pyramidal growth habitat.