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I'm originally from North Collins New York and used to go swimming in lake Erie at Evengola state park Isn't bay village near Irving New York?

As for Largest Dawn Redwood, You may want to watch this video, Starting at this location: th-cam.com/video/BMA_Lk3hGMY/w-d-xo.html Claims 140 feet. Listen to the conversation as well, the Nichols Brothers seem to know where one of the other first Dawn Redwoods brought over from China. Not that the oldest in the US are necessarily going to be the largest, but it would be somewhat relevant. The climate in TN, NC may be more favorable, but probably the Pacific Northwest, were everything seems to love to grow would have some large ones. In general though, Dawn Redwood is often such a novelty to folks not well versed in horticulture that I imagine a lot of folklore about largest/oldest/first gets passed around. Your tree is documented, so not casting aspersion on your claims. Just in general, you know how people are. Nice tree, thanks for sharing. I am frustrated that the ODNR(Ohio Dept Natural Resources), which used to have champion trees listed, with photos, messed up the website about 5 years ago and we lost that. Great video, keep up the good work.

I have these In my yard in west virginia

Currently have two dawn redwoods and two coast redwoods here on my property in MO. Growing great!

socialists be like: "more exposure to skin cancer and heat stroke is less expensive than planting trees...god doesn't exist, but socialism does" me be like: what's "but socialism"?

Yes I have 3 or 4 on a property in Ohio at least that big or larger. and some others that are growing from the parent trees on the same property

Nice idea 🎉

they also grow in my swamp forest in Holland

Being in Michigan on the west coast we get hit by straight line winds that have ripped off the tops of our white pines as they tend to be one of the tallest trees around. I actually loved your walkthrough as I have never seen purple beech! We have a ton of beech trees but only the common variety.

Wikipedia lists the tallest recorded DR at 160ft. It was inChina and destroyed by lightning in 1951. It also lists the largest in the US at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania. They are 135ft tall. Other commenters have suggested that there are taller trees elsewhere, but I can find no confirmation of those claims

If you came to see the redwood , first ten minutes are a waste of time .

Have a Dawn in my yard in Toronto. Over 60 feet!

Without looking at it better it’s impossible to say, but I don’t see damage to the leader, it coukd be genetic but I’m honestly not sure if these are propagated they seed or asexually, if seed then why not genetic ?

Dawn redwoods are so easy to grow, have two as bonsai from seed. 8 Y/O

Looks like the perfect opportunity to rip that out. Miscanthus is one of the top 3 invasive species in my state (NC). Even so called “sterile” hybrids readily hybridize with others to set viable seed. There are SO many better options, there’s no reason to ever plant miscanthus. As said before, Indian grass, or big bluestem are good alternatives,m…but to add on even further, you could also consider switch grass, muhly grass

Deciduous evergreens?

Leader was probably damaged at some point and and a new one developed

Thank God for Otto!

Sycamore is native and more beautiful

I saw my first Dawn Redwood in the Winterbourne Botanical Gardens in Birmingham UK. I now have two of my own

I just bought two Dawn Redwood saplings at the local "Hardware" store in this town in Eastern Europe where I live. I am trying to repair the damage that was done to my land by the previous owner chopping everything down to get the firewood before selling it -- and I was just looking for some information about them, as I had never heard of them before. I just wanted something that would get big and grow fast, and there were only two at the store, so I bought them. This was a very good video, and the comments also make me very excited to get these in the ground! I also bought a Ginko tree, with no knowledge about how big they get either. So that was a nice bonus as well! Thank You.

The Arnold arboretum has some of the first ones planted after they were cataloged in China.

Since this tree was planted in 1959, which was about 10 years after dawn redwoods were first grown in the USA, it's reasonable that the older ones would be bigger.

I have been curious about what is obviously a tree in the sycamore family for many years. I first observed them in Istanbul in '08, along the main highway that follows the Bosporus west shore. These were very mature trees, perhaps 100 years +??? I then saw trees I believe were the same in Pittsburg, in the Squirrel Hill area that looked identical. Very much like a sycamore, but with the more yellow/olive base color, and what really caught my eye, was the the appearance of the trunks to be "melting" like a candle, near the base of the trees. Like the trunk was sloughing down, or melting near the ground. I'm sorry I have no photos to share, but I have to believe the trees I saw in Pittsburgh and Istanbul must be these London Plane trees. I take it that this became a cultivar that was established around the world, is that the case? Now I am interested in the eastern species that was bred to the American Sycamore to produce the London Plane tree.

The dawn redwood, is so named for its age of 200 million years, dating back to the dawn of time. It is not named after a woman, so it is not capitalized, like Douglas fir. Its Chinese name is shui-sha, meaning water fir or spruce. Metasequoia is from the Greek word meta, meaning akin to, and its early mistaken identification as Sequoia by Shiguru Miki. Glyptostroboides was named after a local Chinese plant, glyptostrobus. "Oides" indicating the naming after another plant. I have a ton of info on this tree on the website for the Crescent Ridge Dawn Redwoods Preserve, if anyone wants to learn more. Our goal was to study these trees in a native setting to learn what no one knew at the time. This is a very nice specimen, but yes, there are many that are even more impressive out there! I initially thoight that dawns would top out around 200 feet, like a baldcypress, but the OR trees are already there and showing no signs of slowing down, let alone stopping. Keep in mind these trees have reached nearly 200 feet in only 80 years, so the potential for 250-300 foot trees is well within the realms of possibility.

#1 rule: NEVER trim the lower branches on a dawn redwood! They are what allows this tree to develop the wonderfully burled bole that makes it unique in the world. The tallest trees in the world are located at Peavey Arboretum in Corvallis, OR. They are getting close to 190 feet tall. On the east coast, the tallest I know of are at the College of William and Mary, in Williamsburg, VA. They are over 120 feet.

what kind of tarp is that? I use leaf bags (basically shredded leaves in yard bags that I'm turning into future soil amendments) and I just pile them around my containers or other planted things. I like how neat and tidy your idea looks.

Biggest grove of costal redwoods outside USA is in Ireland proud to say I’m going to plant 50 of them

We have a tall one in Ault Park like that. Ours is a little bit more branchier. No one trimmed any of the branches. I would say your is taller. We have one of the originals from 1949 in Springgrove. That one is more scraggly due to pollution being located in Central Cincinnati. It is next to a pond and boy do they love pouring chemicals in there... the water is dyed blue green! Still is wide though. The one at Ault park had a sappling because I went out looking for Dawn redwood seedlings and found one and planted it in my front yard over the summer😂. It is still alive!

Great idea, thank you.

Very good explained, good Voice, left an Abo. Greetings from Germany 🙋‍♀️🪴

Love them both, just curious if either would survive/flourish @ 7200’, Eagle CO. Not worried about the leaves, we’re on 35ac. We are both from IL, thus always trying to grow trees that one does not see in CO. But we fight the various beetles in ash and most conifers. What do you think?

Miscanthus is invasive and easily escapes captivity. A better ornamental grass choice would be native Indian Grass, Sorghastrum nutans, or Big Bluestem, Andropogon gerardii

I live in Maspeth NYC. It’s a beautiful neighborhood with a lot of the London plane tress planted along the streets. Some are enormous. I think they are all dying from some fungus that affects them. It’s kind of sad.

the ensuing smell will be ungodly

We have one in a park here that is much, much larger than that. 5-6ft in diameter and probably 150-175ft tall. It's absolutely gorgeous.

thats not a gracimillus!

must be trimmed toxic collector

Why is it so stubby. Probably lost its top in a storm. This is how pine trees look when they loos their top.

i have two in my yard: one very tall and one just like the one in your video. The one similar to the one in your video had the main leader snapped off by a bird: it stopped growing up and instead produced all these side branches

Yeah we got them all over Cincinnati. zyou see them. They stick out because they are such lush fine trees. But there use to be these here... They are in the fossil record.

I have a beautiful dawn redwood in my backyard outside Pittsburgh Pa. about 14 feet high.

ive hung out at this tree before

Leaves - not needles. The tree was topped some time ago - the reason for the small leader.

WHAT? I ALWAYS THOUGHT REDWOOD GOT MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT! 😮

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The ants could just be farming aphids on the tulip tree, might not be an issue

Maple seeds (Acer sp.) are called samaras where as ash (fraxinus sp.) are called keys, if anyones interested :)

1:15 into the video and YT hits me with an ad. Thank you TH-cam.