This site contains my Master Metasequoia Database of 331 trees from 44 sites. It is the data that my maps and writing are derived from. Note that this database is best viewed in Internet Explorer.  

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  Metasequoias Planted Before 1975
  Location Address or Site City State Zip # Date Height (Ft) DBH (In) Seed Source Notes
1 Sarah P. Duke Gardens of Duke University 426 Anderson Street Durham NC 27708 2 1949 70 44.0 Arnold Arboretum See photos
1959 70 18.0
2 Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1000 Washington Avenue Brooklyn NY 11225 9 1954 80 17.6 Arnold Arboretum 11 of 16 are originals from Arnold.  The others have unknown planting dates.  Gauging height is difficult due to nearby fences
80 19.8
80 20.4
80 21.4
80 23.8
80 27.6
80 27.6
80 28.0
80 28.3
3 University of Vermont 86 South Williams Street Burlington VT 05405 6 1965 47 10.5 Michigan 5 at Booth House, 1 on Main Green transplanted in late 1970s/early 1980s from Booth House.  "They were planted only 18'oc from the first in the row to the last. (There are 3 in a cluster within 1-2' of each other)"
47 12.0
47 19.5
47 20.5
47 21.5
Main Green 65 27.0
4 University of Tennessee at Martin University Street Martin TN 38238 1 1975 60 23.3 National Arboretum Planted by Guy Robbins
5 Coker Arboretum of the University of North Carolina U.N.C. at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill NC 27599 1 1952 55 24.0 Arnold Arboretum Data obtained through Dan Stern
6 Peavy Arboretum of Oregon State University 8692 Peavy Arboretum Road Corvallis OR 97330 2 1948 140 40.5 Arnold Arboretum See photos
92 37.8
7 North Carolina Arboretum of U.N.C. 100 Frederick Law Olmsted Way Asheville NC 28806 8 1950 122 24.1 Dr. Ralph Chaney "Twenty five seedlings of Metasequoia glyptostroboides were planted at the
Bent Creek Experimental Forest in 1950. These seedlings were provided by
Mr. Ralph W. Chaney, of the Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, Calif. The
seeds were collected in western Humpeh, central China in 1948. At the end of three growing seasons, 20 seedlings have survived and have an average height of 1.4 feet with a maximum of 2.8 feet." - Barber, John C. 1953. Tree planting at the Bent Creek Experimental Forest., Station Paper No. 27. Asheville, NC:U.S. Dept. of Agric. Southeastern Forest Experiment Station. 11 p.
119 23.7
121 24.5
114 23.7
112 23.0
107 20.7
98 10.5
119 22.5
8 Arnold Arboretum 125 Arborway Boston MA 02130 21 1948 80 19.4 China Measurements taken in 1997.  21 trees in database are from wild origin, and a total of 142 exist on the grounds.  Credit to Keiko Sato.  8 feet of height and 3 inches of DBH added by Matthew Belsky to each tree.  This is a conservative approximation of growth since 1997.
71 15.9
71 55.1
72 17.3
110 35.3
67 30.7
62 25.6
34 18.1
63 34.6
71 28.6
76 29.6
84 28.6
78 56.8
1962 72 26.2
83 32.4
75 33.8
83 38.9
68 22.2
83 37.6
75 26.7
74 28.0
9 Princeton University Prospect Park  Princeton NJ 08540 7 1948 116 56.5 Arnold Arboretum Measurements taken in 1997 by John Kuser of Rutgers.  At least 41 total trees on campus.  Prospect Park tree is solitary, while Broadmead trees are more bunched.  8 feet of height and 3 inches of DBH added by Matthew Belsky to each tree.  This is a conservative approximation of growth since 1997.
Broadmead Grove 1955 117 32.9
126 33.5
126 34.0
133 35.8
123 37.7
117 39.9
10 Morris Arboretum Sculpture Garden Philadelphia PA 19128   15 1949 100 40.7 Arnold Arboretum Measurements taken in 2005 by Matthew Belsky.  Total of 34 trees measured.  Total of 47 trees on Arboretum grounds.
101 29.0
111 45.9
88 34.4
98 27.4
80 32.3
1953 114 49.7 Northeastern Forest ES, PA
112 42.0
106 19.1
102 52.2
100 32.3
105 39.8
Swan Pond 1948 70 48.0 Arnold Arboretum
80 49.0
Northwestern Ave 96 40.8
11 Mount Auburn Cemetery
580 Mount Auburn Street		 Cambridge