Raiders Of The Lost "Bark": Dawn Redwood

On West St. on the west side in the middle yard between two homes is an enchanting ancient tree.

*This is on private property and we ask that you respect the owners and not trespass, but enjoy this tree from the public sidewalk*

It is a Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glytostrobiodes), lost to civilization for centuries before being rediscovered in China over a hundred years ago by adventuring botanists searching isolated mountainous areas. It is a magnificent species and is now planted all over the world. It is a deciduous conifer as it has cones and looks like an evergreen but it drops its needles every autumn with a bit of a color show. It is similar to our native California coastal Redwoods. As one might guess, they can get quite large. This is a good spot for this tree, with plenty of room to grow.