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A photo of page 165 of the book Rooted in Time, of a Metasequioa tree that was planted in 1963 at the University of Bonn, Germany.

A little learning: Metasequioa

1 August 202531 July 2025

TIL that I’d been mistakenly calling all Redwood trees Metasequioa. In fact, the only one with this name is Metasquioa glyptostroboides, the Dawn Redwood, which originates from an area of southeastern China. Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) and Sequoia sempervirens (coast …

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