I own the oldest specimen of the Metasequia in the Western Hemisphere at 1000 Boxwood Court, Gulph Mills, PA. You are welcome to visit anytime
The previous owner of my home, Robert Dechert, sponsored the expedition to China by the Arnold Arboreatum in 1947 to bring back the Metasequoia glyptostroboides to the Western Hemisphere for the first time in 10 million years! 55 languages From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Metasequoia glyptostroboides Conservation status Endangered ( IUCN 3.1 ) [ 1 ] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade : Tracheophytes Clade : Gymnospermae Division: Pinophyta Class: Pinopsida Order: Cupressales Family: Cupressaceae Genus: Metasequoia Species: M. glyptostroboides Binomial name Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu and W.C.Cheng , 1948 Metasequoia glyptostroboides , the dawn redwood , is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer . It is the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia , one of three genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. It now survives in the wil...
