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.