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Metasequoia

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Metasequoia (dawn redwood) is a fast-growing, deciduous tree, and the sole living species, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, is one of three species of conifers known as redwoods. [1]

57 relations: American Journal of Botany, Arnold Arboretum, Axel Heiberg Island, Botany (journal), California, Canada, China, Conifer cone, Cretaceous, Cupressaceae, Deciduous, Dordrecht, Ellesmere Island, Eocene, Evergreen, Forest Ecology and Management, Fossil, Genetica, Geology (journal), Harvard University, Holocene, Hope Jahren, Hu Xiansu, Hubei, Hunan, Late Cretaceous, Lazarus taxon, Lichuan, Hubei, London, Mesozoic, Metasequoia foxii, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Metasequoia occidentalis, Miocene, North Dakota, Northern Hemisphere, Office of Public Sector Information, Paleobiology (journal), Paleocene, PDF, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Pinophyta, Pollen, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Sequoia (genus), Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoioideae, Species, Springer Science+Business Media, ..., Strathcona Fiord, Strawberry Fields (memorial), Taxodiaceae, Taxodium distichum, Wan Chun Cheng, World War II, 80th parallel north. Expand index (7 more) »

American Journal of Botany

The American Journal of Botany is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal which covers all aspects of plant biology.

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Arnold Arboretum

The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University is an arboretum located in the Jamaica Plain and Roslindale sections of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Axel Heiberg Island

Axel Heiberg Island is an island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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Botany (journal)

Botany is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that has been published since 1951 by NRC Research Press.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Conifer cone

A cone (in formal botanical usage: strobilus, plural strobili) is an organ on plants in the division Pinophyta (conifers) that contains the reproductive structures.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Cupressaceae

Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress family, with worldwide distribution.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous (/dɪˈsɪdʒuəs/) means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Dordrecht

Dordrecht, colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.

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Ellesmere Island

Ellesmere Island (Inuit: Umingmak Nuna, meaning "land of muskoxen"; Île d'Ellesmere) is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant that has leaves throughout the year, always green.

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Forest Ecology and Management

Forest Ecology and Management is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles linking forest ecology with the management of forest resources.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Genetica

Genetica is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in genetics and evolutionary biology.

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Geology (journal)

Geology is a peer-reviewed publication of the Geological Society of America (GSA).

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Hope Jahren

Anne Hope Jahren (born September 27, 1969) is an American geochemist and geobiologist at the University of Oslo, known for her work using stable isotope analysis to analyze fossil forests dating to the Eocene.

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Hu Xiansu

Hu Xiansu or Hu Hsien-Hsu (24 May 1894 – 16 July 1968), was a Chinese botanist and an influential traditional scholar of his time.

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Hubei

Hubei is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the Central China region.

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Hunan

Hunan is the 7th most populous province of China and the 10th most extensive by area.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous period is divided in the geologic timescale.

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Lazarus taxon

In paleontology, a Lazarus taxon (plural taxa) is a taxon that disappears for one or more periods from the fossil record, only to appear again later.

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Lichuan, Hubei

Lichuan is a county-level city of the Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in southwestern Hubei province, People's Republic of China, located west of Enshi City, the prefecture seat.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Mesozoic

The Mesozoic Era is an interval of geological time from about.

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Metasequoia foxii

Metasequoia foxii is an extinct redwood species in the family Cupressaceae described from numerous fossils of varying growth stage.

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Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Metasequoia glyptostroboides, the dawn redwood, is a fast-growing, endangered deciduous conifer, the sole living species of the genus Metasequoia, one of three species in the subfamily Sequoioideae.

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Metasequoia occidentalis

Metasequoia occidentalis is an extinct redwood species of the family Cupressaceae that is found as fossils throughout the Northern Hemisphere.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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Northern Hemisphere

The Northern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is north of the Equator.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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Paleobiology (journal)

Paleobiology is a scientific journal promoting the integration of biology and conventional paleontology, with emphasis placed on biological or paleobiological processes and patterns.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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Peabody Museum of Natural History

The Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University is among the oldest, largest, and most prolific university natural history museums in the world.

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Pinophyta

The Pinophyta, also known as Coniferophyta or Coniferae, or commonly as conifers, are a division of vascular land plants containing a single extant class, Pinopsida.

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Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powdery substance comprising pollen grains which are male microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce male gametes (sperm cells).

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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (brand name Kew) is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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Sequoia (genus)

Sequoia is a genus of redwood coniferous trees in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae.

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Sequoia sempervirens

Sequoia sempervirens Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae).

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Sequoiadendron giganteum

Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, Wellingtonia or simply Big Treea nickname used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron, and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae, together with Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood).

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Sequoioideae

Sequoioideae (redwoods) is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Springer Science+Business Media

Springer Science+Business Media or Springer, part of Springer Nature since 2015, is a global publishing company that publishes books, e-books and peer-reviewed journals in science, humanities, technical and medical (STM) publishing.

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Strathcona Fiord

Strathcona Fiord is a fiord on the west central coast of Ellesmere Island, the most northern island within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Nunavut, Canada.

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Strawberry Fields (memorial)

Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in New York City's Central Park, designed by the landscape architect Bruce Kelly, that is dedicated to the memory of former Beatle John Lennon.

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Taxodiaceae

The Taxodiaceae were at one time regarded as a distinct plant family comprising the following ten genera of coniferous trees.

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Taxodium distichum

Taxodium distichum (bald cypress, cypress, southern-cypress, white-cypress, tidewater red-cypress, Gulf-cypress, red-cypress, or swamp cypress) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae that grows on saturated and seasonally inundated soils in the lowlands of the Southeastern and Gulf Coastal Plains of the United States.

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Wan Chun Cheng

Professor Wan Chun Cheng (1908–1987) was one of the most eminent Chinese botanists of the 20th century.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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80th parallel north

The 80th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 80 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane, in the Arctic.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia

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