Dawn Redwood - Morton Arboretum; Lisle, IL
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cldisme
N 41° 49.204 W 088° 04.526
16T E 410684 N 4630357
This Dawn Redwood tree is part of the collection at Morton Arboretum.
Waymark Code: WM9N2C
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2010
Views: 10
According to the Morton Arboretum's plant catalog, this specimen was collected in the wild as a seed by the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in 1948.
The catalog states it was collected from the "edge of ditched rice field, Lichuan Hsien (Xian), Mo-tao-chi (Modaoqui), (formerly in Sichuan Prov.), Hubei Province, China (Zhonghua). Lat 30°10'00.0" N, Long 10°[sic]45'00.0" E."
The more likely longitude for the point of collection would be East 110° 45'.
Visiting this Dawn Redwood is fairly easy. Park at Parking Lot #20 located at the parking coordinates below. Walk northward to the Thornhill Trail and turn right. It is just a few steps away on the south side of the trail.
Gattung / Species: Urweltmammutbaum (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Anordnung / Arrangement: Einzelner Baum / Standalone tree
Webseite / website: [Web Link]
Alter / age: 62
Standort / Location: Botanischer Garten / Botanic Garden
Eintrittsgebühr / Fee: $11 adult; $10 seniors; $8 youth
Parkkoordinaten / Parking coordinates: N 41° 49.146 W 088° 04.572
Baumhöhe / Height of the tree (m): Not Listed
Baumdurchmesser / Diameter of the tree (m): Not Listed
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