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An individual instance of Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood)
Permanent unique identifier for this particular organism:
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/vanderbilt/6-145
Notes:
This tree is the last in the row of tall conifers in front of the Divinity School towards the end nearest the library.
Dawn redwood has needles in two rows along the twig. Male and female cones occur on the same branch. The mature female cones are small and woody.
Like ginkgo, dawn redwood is a species that was thought to be extinct until it was discovered in Chinese botanists in China 1944. It is a "living fossil" closely related to the giant redwoods of California.
Dawn redwood has needles in two rows along the twig. Male and female cones occur on the same branch. The mature female cones are small and woody.
Like ginkgo, dawn redwood is a species that was thought to be extinct until it was discovered in Chinese botanists in China 1944. It is a "living fossil" closely related to the giant redwoods of California.
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This organism is a living specimen that is part of the Vanderbilt University Arboretum with the local identifier 2-985.
This particular organism is believed to have managed means of establishment.
This organismal entity has the scope: multicellular organism.
Identifications:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Hu & W.C. Cheng
sec. Kershner Mathews et al. 2008
common name: dawn redwood
family: Cupressaceae
Identified 2003-03-03 by Steven J. Baskauf
Location:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
Click on these geocoordinates to load a map showing the location: 36.14607°, -86.80078°
Coordinate uncertainty about: 10 m.
Location of individual determined from GIS database.
Occurrences were recorded for this particular organism on the following dates:
2003-03-03
2003-04-29
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whole tree - general |
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whole tree - general |
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whole tree - view up trunk |
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bark - of a large tree |
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twig - unspecified |
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twig - after fallen needles |
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twig - showing attachment of needles |
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leaf - entire needle |
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leaf - showing orientation on twig |
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leaf - showing orientation on twig |