One of Baltimore’s most photographed trees fell victim to lightning over Memorial Day weekend. During Memorial Day’s evening thunderstorms, fast winds brought down trees in the area while lightning ...

For homeowners fortunate enough to have the space for them, there are few trees more stunning than the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). These massive trees can reach 100 feet in height and ...

The dawn redwood tree (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a popular ornamental tree that was thought to be extinct until a grove of them was discovered in China in 1941. Dawn redwood is in the same ...

Are you the owner of a big dawn redwood? It could be eligible for inclusion on the Michigan Big Tree Register. This sequoia species is known to grow up to 140 feet tall and 6 feet in diameter, living ...

A time capsule to the dinosaur age, dawn redwoods trees are growing in Michigan. You may think of redwoods as growing only along California's coast, where numerous national and state parks are filled ...

BALTIMORE - 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 were splintered all over the ...

A tree grows in Franklin. But this is not just any tree. Not only has this dawn redwood recently been named a potential state champion in the Michigan Big Tree Hunt, this tree is of an ancient species ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Japanese paleobotanist S. Miki described samples of Metasequoia in 1941 ...