I finally saw a mature dawn redwood in person at the Atlanta Botanical Garden

Honestly, I'd only ever seen pictures in books and they never did it justice. The trunk base was easily 8 feet across with these huge, fluted buttress roots. What got me was the bark, it was this deep reddish brown with long, stringy fibers peeling off, totally different from our local pines. Has anyone else worked on one of these and know if the wood is as soft as it looks?

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reese862d agoTop Commenter

Remember reading they were thought to be extinct until found in China. Makes seeing one feel like spotting a dinosaur.

gavin_kim32d ago

Always thought they were gone for good.

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