The species seems to have flourished during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, about 56 million years ago, the last time the earth got really hot, really fast. Gold Rush dawn redwood is a golden-leafed form found in batch of seedlings in a Japanese nursery that is but a minor footnote to this exciting tale.ĭawn redwood is one of the living fossil plants that once occupied a wide swath of territory across North America, ranging from the Canadian arctic to North Dakota. This is because in a single war-ravaged decade – the 1940’s – Metasequoia went from being described as a Cenozoic fossil (the geological era after the extinction of the dinosaurs) by a Japanese paleobotanist, to its discovery by Chinese botanists as living trees along rice paddies in south-central China to its being grown as seedlings in Boston’s Arnold Arboretum. Plants all have stories to tell but few have as detailed a record as the Dawn Redwood ( Metasequoia glyptostroboides). Metasequoia glyptostroboides 11 09 MBG (4).jpg Dawn redwood is a fascinating tree with a colorful history that was first discovered through the fossil record.
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Full sun produces best color, though partial shade is recommended in warmer summer climates. Deciduous conifer that has the same handsome habit and horizontal branches as the species. Intense, golden-yellow, feathery foliage makes this striking, new cultivar easily recognizable. Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Gold Rush' Golden Dawn Redwood.
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Although the shortest of the redwoods, it grows to at least 165 feet (50 meters) in height. The living species Metasequoia glyptostroboides is native to Lichuan county in Hubei province, China. Metasequoia, or dawn redwoods, is a genus of fast-growing deciduous trees, one of three species of conifers known as redwoods.
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The Dawn Redwood ‘Gold Rush’ is the ideal tree for boggy. The Gold Rush is a conifer with a vaguely conical outline whilst young, with soft yellow needles that become green as the tree matures.
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The Metasequoia 'Gold Rush' otherwise known as the Golden Dawn Redwood is a large deciduous tree with pale green leaves which change in the Autumn, it also has a reddish-brown bark. ‘Gold Rush’ is a slightly slower growing cultivar, with golden green summer foliage turning bronze and orange in autumn. METASEQUOIA ‘GOLD RUSH’feather-duster plumes The deciduous conifer Metasequoia glyptostroboides or dawn redwood thrives in wet, boggy sites, next to streams or ponds. AKA Metasequoia glyptostroboides 'Ogon' Deciduous, coniferous tree that grows in a conical shape Soft flat yellow needles turn an orange-brown colour in the fall.