| Description | Gold Rush Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a deciduous conifer with soft, feathery foliage that is distinctively golden-yellow in the spring and holds well throughout summer. |
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| Pronunciation | (met-a-se-KWOY-ah)(glip-to-stro-BOY-dez) |
| Plant Type | Trees Coniferous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, prefers moist |
| Soil & Site | average, prefers moist, well drained |
| Flowers | monoecious |
| Fruit | pendulous cones |
| Leaves | The needles are flat and opposite. New growth is bright yellow in the spring and throughout the summer and orange-brown in the fall. Unlike most conifers, this plant loses its needles (deciduous) in the fall. |
| Dimensions | A large tree 40+ feet with a narrow pyramidal form. |
| Native Site | Species plant native to central Japan. |
| Cultivar Origin | Cultivar originated in Japan. |
| Misc Facts | Genus name from Greek "meta" to change and "sequia" related to Redwood. Species Ogdon means gold in Japanese. |
| Author's Notes | In the spring the bright yellow color is a knock out feature in the landscape. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #93-North American Landscape Trees (Arthur Lee Jacobson) |
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