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Metasequoia glyptostroboides


Dawn Redwood



Japanese Gardens, Tully, Kildare, Co. Kildare


Situation: Individual Tree
Planting date: 1949
Visited and photographed on: 05-Aug-09
Height: 16 m Girth: 1.94 m

Heritage value:

Arboricultural Curiosity


This tree is among the first planted after its introduction to the West in 1948; poor growth for the species.