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UC Berkeley paleobotanist Ralph Chaney had read of the
discovery of Metasequoia and, in reexamining fossil Sequoia
leaves in 1948, found that they were actually Metasequoia.
Chaney coined the common name Dawn Redwood for the only living species,
Metasequoia glyptostroboides. The tree has since been propagated
around the world. Metasequoia is not like most typical conifers
in that it is deciduous. Find out more about Metasequoia and
conifers in general in our Virtual
Paleobotany Lab pages or see this specimen of occidentalis
in our collections
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