China Internet Information Center14 年
Plants and Animals in China
The metasequoia, Chinese cypress, Cathay silver fir, China fir, golden larch, Taiwan fir, Fujian cypress, dove-tree, eucommia and camplotheca acuminata are found only in China. The metasequoia ...
NHK3 个月
2.4km row of metasequoia turns brownish yellow
About 500 metasequoia trees line a prefectural road in the Makino area of Takashima City in Shiga Prefecture. The trees were planted 41 years ago to protect the surrounding chestnut gardens from ...
PBS5 年
Mother of Gardens
Until 1948, the genus Metasequoia was known only from the fossil record, but a small stand of trees discovered in the Sichuan-Hubei region proved to belong to this ancient genus. Thanks to seed ...
朝日新聞社3 年
VOX POPULI: Once believed extinct, this rare redwood thrives as a ‘living fossil’
The metasequoia, also known as “a living fossil,” was named 80 years ago by botanist Shigeru Miki (1901-1974), who taught at Kyoto Imperial University, present-day Kyoto University.
China Internet Information Center14 年
Fauna and Flora
The metasequoia, Chinese cypress, Cathay silver fir, China fir, golden larch, Taiwan fir, Fujian cypress, dove-tree, eucommia and camplotheca acuminata are found only in China. The metasequoia ...
朝日新聞社3 年
Kobe botanical garden's tunnel takes visitors into dream world
Images of a pond dotted with floating lotuses, rows of metasequoia trees and other spots of the park are also projected on the screens. The tunnel was lit up in blue and green until the end of ...