dawn redwood Cupressaceae (Taxodiaceae) Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C. Cheng   symbol: MEGL8
	Leaf: Opposite, deciduous, linear, one inch long, flat, generally appearing two-ranked in a flattened display; when growing on deciduous branchlets the leaf/deciduous branchlet structure resembles a feathery pinnately (or bi-pinnately) compound leaf, green to yellow-green. Flower: Monoecious; males, light yellow brown, in narrow hanging clusters up to 12 inches long; females, yellow-green, solitary and erect with fused scales. Fruit: Four-sided, box-like cones that hang on long stalks, round to cylindrical in shape, 1/2 to 1 inch long, light brown; peltate shields contain small, winged seeds, matures in late fall. Twig: May be deciduous or not; non-deciduous twigs are slender, light reddish brown in color, smooth, with short, buff colored, opposite, cylindrical buds protruding at right angles; deciduous twigs are two-ranked, resembling pinnately compound leaves. Bark: Reddish brown, fibrous and stringy, develops an irregular fluted pattern, exfoliates in strips, rope-like in appearance. Form: Very straight, single trunk with numerous branches forming a narrow conical crown; capable of reaching heights well over 100 feet tall.
	USDA Plants Database Metasequoia glyptostroboides is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.