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Common Name: Dawn Redwood
Latin Name: Metasequoia Glyptostroboides
Type: Deciduous
Location: Parsonage Gardens, Didsbury.
Ultimate height: 12 - 35 m
Ultimate spread: 8m+
Located Matasequoia Glyptostroboides height: Unknown
Overall shape: Conical conifer
Leaf Shape: 2.5cm long flat linear needles
which are a pale green at first which progress through the season into a dark
green then brown.
Bark: Fibrous bark in a rich reddish brown
colour, which peels in vertical strips.
Preferred soil type: Moist but well drained
sand, loam, chalk or clay.
Fruit/Flowers: Male and female
flowers are very rarely seen in Britain, but they do grow in separate
clusters, the male flowers are yellow and female are green. Both producing
rounded cones which change from green to brown
Distribution: Native of South West
China however, unknown as a living tree until 1941 only recognised through
fossil records. Now a popular garden tree throughout the UK.
I located the Metasequoia
Glyptostroboides within Parsonage Gardens, Didsbury. It is amongst a selection
of shrubs and trees of varying species and seems to be as un-intentionally
planted as the most part of the plants in this area. Its shear size displays
the maturity of this particular tree, further indicating an un-intentional
manor of planting. I have assumed this as dating back to when this tree would
have been planted would exceed the date of the current planting strategy, and
so it seems the surrounding plant would have been accommodated, or self
seeded to grow accordingly with the Metasequoia Glyptostroboides. Its condition
seems healthy with no indication to any diseases although, finding an
indication to its state of health had proven difficult, as it had no leaves
when I had located it. This resulted in a limitation of observation, with a
judgment of its health being solely on the standard of its bark. Its distinct
red bark allowed me to quickly locate the specie.
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