Metasequoia glypstroboides
(Dawn Redwood)
Previously known only from fossil record, the
metasequoia was rediscovered in China around 1945.
This tree, planted a few years later, is one of two
on the University of Oregon campus from the
original stock to leave China. A rare deciduous
conifer, it loses its needles each fall.
Plaque created in memory of
Wendy Lynn Ebersole
Dept. of Geological Sciences - 1997
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