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Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on

Wed, Jan 30, 08 at 2:00

This Dawn Redwood, (Metasequoia glyptostroboides.)
is one of the original trees grown from the first seed collected in China after living members of this species was discovered in 1941.

Isn't it grand!

http://www.botany.org/bsa/psb/2002/psb48-4.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Dawn Redwood

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Posted by northspruce z3a MB CDA (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 30, 08 at 8:52

Ooh it's so pretty! :)

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Posted by marciaz3 Tropical3/NWOnt (My Page) on
Wed, Jan 30, 08 at 13:51

Wow, you could plant flowerbeds in those roots! LOL

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Posted by xtreme_gardener 1b (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 31, 08 at 13:30

That's beautiful! Right out of a fairy tale...I can just see me curled up in a root with a good book on a warm breezy July afternoon :)

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Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 31, 08 at 15:45

Toots, exactly, right out of a fairy tale.

I would love to grow this tree as well.

Here is a link that might be useful: Angel Oak

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Posted by pudge 2/3 Sask (My Page) on
Thu, Jan 31, 08 at 18:02

Gosh, aren't those just amazing!

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Posted by valleyrimgirl 2b (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 1, 08 at 10:35

Seeing the Dawn Redwood trees with all their roots reminds me of the Mangrove trees we saw in southern Florida in the Everglade National Park last Feb. The trees just keep putting down roots and growing more trees that way and slowly get larger and larger. Putting down roots the way that they do also keep themselves attached when a hurricane comes. It was a very interesting boat tour through the everglades down at Flamingo.

Here is a closer picture of all their roots.

Brenda

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Posted by laurie_z3_mb sw MB (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 4, 08 at 16:35

I wonder just how old that Redwood and Angel Oak are? From the looks of them, I think they're a tree that you plant for your grandchildren to enjoy. But the shape of them is incredibly beautiful!

Brenda, we saw those Mangrove trees when we did a couple of river rafting tours in Jamaica. They certainly form an impenetrable barrier, don't they?

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Posted by crazy_gardener ~Z2b~ AB Canada (My Page) on
Mon, Jul 21, 08 at 19:03

Check out this link. LOL

Here is a link that might be useful: Weird Trees

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