A dawn redwood towers over its neighbors and a home on Feb. 5, 2025, in Stevensville, Mich. The tree was planted in the late 1970s, and owner Jay Adams estimates its height at 80 feet and diameter ...

A dawn redwood planted in 1954 stands about 86 feet tall and 3.9 feet in diameter at Michigan State University's Beal Botanical Garden in East Lansing, Mich. In this 2012 photo, ...

There have been dawn redwood trees recorded on MSU's campus, in Kalamazoo, Jackson and Manistee counties and in Franklin, Ann Arbor, Troy, Lansing and DeWitt, the 2025 Michigan Big Tree list said.

There have been dawn redwood trees recorded on MSU's campus, in Kalamazoo, Jackson and Manistee counties and in Franklin, Ann Arbor, Troy, Lansing and DeWitt, the 2025 Michigan Big Tree list said.

Officially, it’s metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, and it’s a living fossil. Its existence in our world speaks to a scale of time that’s difficult to comprehend.

Much of the dawn redwood’s success can be attributed to then Harvard University Arnold Arboretum’s director Dr. Elmer Drew Merrill. After samples of the tree from China arrived in Boston in 1946, ...

Iconic dawn redwood tree struck down by lightning at Cylburn Arboretum 02:17. BALTIMORE - A historic 60-year-old dawn redwood tree at Baltimore's Cylburn Arboretum was struck by lightning and ...

The dawn redwood tree, one of Baltimore's most photographed trees, was struck by lightning on Memorial Day at Cylburn Arboretum. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 77°F.

The dawn redwood was rediscovered in the 1940s. Since then, dozens – perhaps even hundreds – have been planted throughout ...

BALTIMORE, Maryland (WJZ) — A historic 60-year-old dawn redwood tree at Baltimore’s Cylburn Arboretum was struck by lightning and exploded during Monday night’s storm. Tree limbs and wood ...