Tree of the Week: March 5th, 2024
It’s a special Tree of the Week this week, as it was chosen by our marketing/office manager, Chloe Whitworth, for her birthday this week! She is a lover of Redwoods and chose the Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). It is one of the 3 types of Redwoods in the world and is native to South-central China. It was actually first discovered in 1941 through fossils and was thought to be extinct before small populations were discovered alive in China. It’s a common example for a “living fossil” species. The tree faces considerable risks of extinction in its wild range due to deforestation; however, it has been extensively planted as ornamental trees across the world. If the species wasn’t discovered when it was, it might have become extinct before being investigated and studied!
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