Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Royal Garden (Prague Castle, Prague)
N 50° 05.568 E 014° 24.022
33U E 457109 N 5549120
Beautiful specimen of Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) you can find in Royal Garden of Prague Castle in Prague...
Waymark Code: WM9QXC
Location: Hlavní město Praha, Czechia
Date Posted: 09/21/2010
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Beautiful specimen of Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) you can find in Royal Garden of Prague Castle in Prague...
The metasequoia is a living fosil. It carries needles, but it is deciduous tree. It was thought to have become extinct in the tertiary period, being known only from fossilised leaf-prints. However, live trees of obviously the same species as that thought extinct were found in Chinese province of Sichuan in 1941. A 1949 US expedition collected seeds in the Shui-sa valley and distrubuted them among the world's leading botanical gardens, including that of the Science Faculty of Charles University in Prague. This tree sprang from those seeds in 1950 and belongs among the oldest growing dawn redwoods in Europe.
Gattung / Species: Urweltmammutbaum (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Anordnung / Arrangement: Einzelner Baum / Standalone tree
Baumhöhe / Height of the tree (m): 25
Baumdurchmesser / Diameter of the tree (m): 1
Alter / age: 65
Standort / Location: Park / Park
Eintrittsgebühr / Fee: 0
Parkkoordinaten / Parking coordinates: N 50° 05.610 W 014° 23.888
Webseite / website: Not listed
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