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Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Lacy leaves/needles that do not resemble coast redwoods or giant sequoia in any way. Many side limbs that emerge horizontally from the main trunk. A deciduous conifer.
Finnerty Garden at the Univ. of Victoria
Native to China.
Spotted on Aug 25, 2012
Submitted on Aug 27, 2012
2 Comments
It's odd isn't it? So ornamentals like this one have to have been planted well after 1941. Victoria is relatively warm & in the rain shadow of the island; apparently it's pretty good growing conditions because the tree is doing well.
It was believed to be extinct until 1941, and only survived in a remote corner of the Sichuan province. Which incidentally does not have the ideal growing conditions, leaving the trees there stunted.