Tree ID

[Guest]

I've an idea what the tree is but is it rare to the UK ? It's in the garden of my local boozer. 

[Mick Dempsey]

Dawn redwood perhaps?

 

Is it rare? Well, it's not native, not common certainly

[se7enthdevil]

yep, Metasequoia glyptostroboides it is.

 

i believe they are more commonly planted in parks and other public areas. i only know of two in my local area.

[Gary Prentice]

I've felled two in the last twelve months, and can think of a dozen I know the whereabouts of. 

 

Not that uncommon, and normally planted in the wrong place. 

Theres a nice one at Myerscough 

[Graham]

Like Ginkgo it's the only representative of its genus.  It was named as a fossil specimen which was once common in the Northern hemisphere.

It was only discovered as a living specimen in 1944 in China.  Every tree growing now is a descendant of those few trees.

[Guest]

5 hours ago, Graham said:

Like Ginkgo it's the only representative of its genus.  It was named as a fossil specimen which was once common in the Northern hemisphere.

It was only discovered as a living specimen in 1944 in China.  Every tree growing now is a descendant of those few trees.

Wow I knew it was a dawn redwood but you've just got an A* for that comment.

[richardwale]

Agreed, very impressive