SimplePlant

Cupressaceae

Dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu & W.C.Cheng

Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Metasequoia

Pets and kids

  • CatsNot sure
  • DogsNot sure
  • KidsNot sure
Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for young children, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with a doctor or poison control.

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (52)
Arabic
سيكويا الفجر, سكويا الفجر
Armenian
Մետասեքվոյա գլիպտոսրոբոիդային
arz
سيكويا الفجر
azb
سۇ لادینی
Belarusian
Метасеквоя
Bosnian
Kineska metasekvoja
Breton
Gourgwezenn Sina
Catalan
Metasequoia, Secoya de l'alba
Chinese
水杉, 天浆壳, 梳子杉
Croatian
Kineska metasekvoja, Metasekvoja
Czech
Metasekvoje čínská, Metasekvoje tisovcovitá
Danish
Vandgran
Dutch
Watercipres, Chinese schijncipres, Chinese sequoia, Watercypres
English
Dawn redwood, Chinese redwood
Esperanto
Metasekvojo
Estonian
Metasekvoia
Finnish
Kiinanpunapuu
French
Métaséquoïa de Chine, Métasequoia, Métaséquoia, Métaséquoïa, Séquoia de Chine, Séquoïa de Chine
Galician
Metasequoia
German
Urweltmammutbaum, Chinesisches Rotholz, Metasequoie, Urwelt-Mammutbaum, Urweltmammutbäume, Wassertanne
Greek
Μετασεκόια η γλυπτοστροβοειδής
Hebrew
מטסקוויה, מטהסקוויה
hsb
Chinski pražerowc
Hungarian
Kínai mamutfenyő, Szecsuáni ősfenyő
Icelandic
Kínarauðviður
Irish
Crónghiúis na camhaoire, Crónghiúis na maidine
Japanese
メタセコイア, アケボノスギ, メタセコイヤ
Kazakh
Metasekvoýya, Метасеквойя, مەتاسەكۆوييا
koi
Метасеквойя
Korean
메타세콰이아, 메타세콰이아속, 메타세쿼이아, 메타세쿼이아속, 메타쉐콰이어
kv
Метасеквойя
Latvian
Reliktā metasekvoja
Lithuanian
Tikroji metasekvoja, Metasekvoja
Macedonian
Кинеска метасеквоја
mrj
Метасеквойя
Norwegian Bokmål
Urtre, Metasequoiaslekten
Norwegian Nynorsk
Urtre
Persian
سرخچوب سپیدهدم
Polish
Metasekwoja chińska
Portuguese
Metasequoia
Russian
Метасеквойя, Метасеквойя глиптостробоидная, Метасеквойя древнейшая
sco
Dawn reidwid
Serbian
Кинеска метасеквоја
Serbian (Latin)
Kineska metasekvoja
Slovak
Metasekvoja čínska
Slovenian
Metasekvoja, Kitajska metasekvoja
Spanish
Metasequoia, Metasecuoya, Metasecoya
Swedish
Kinesisk sekvoja
Turkish
Su ladini
udm
Метасеквойя
Ukrainian
Метасеквоя китайська, Метасеквойя прадавня, Метасеквоя гліптостробоїдна
Vietnamese
Thủy sam, Cây củ tùng

Synonyms

  • Metasequoia glyptostroboides subsp. caespitosa (Y.H.Long & Y.Wu) Silba
  • Metasequoia glyptostroboides subsp. neopangaea (Silba) Silba
  • Metasequoia glyptostroboides var. caespitosa Y.H.Long & Y.Wu
  • Metasequoia honshuenensis Silba & Callahan
  • Metasequoia neopangaea Silba
  • Sequoia glyptostroboides (Hu & W.C.Cheng) Weide

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Tree
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.