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 MA 02138 4 1951 70 38.0 Arnold Arboretum "Trees are growing in somewhat acidic soils (avg pH 5.4) that are sandy loam. USDA hardiness zone 5. All of the above are growing next to ponds. We have never seen any seedlings establishing near the trees, but viable seed has been collected, and germinated, from some of them."
70 40.0
70 42.0
1965 55 32.0
12 Morton Arboretum Thornhill Drive Lisle IL 60532 10 1948 24 10.3 Arnold Arboretum DBH and Heights measured 6/15/2005
Araliaceae 1956 77 15.7 Cole Nursery
Frost Hill 50 19.8
1957 34 7.6
24 12.0
48 23.7
1958 49 20.0
43 22.1
33 5.5
1963 62 19.9 National Arboretum
13 Cornell Plantations One Plantations Road Ithaca NY 14850 3 1963 35 26.0 Brooklyn Botanic Garden First one is growing in full sun, second in a wooded area.  Second tree obtained from former employee of US National Arboretum and is growing near wooded area.
34 9.0 Donald Egolf
1964 40 11.0 National Arboretum
14 Missouri Botanical Garden John S. Lehmann Building St. Louis MO 63110 10 1953 72 36.0 Arnold Arboretum Through National Central University from Arnold Arboretum.  Seeds received 12/26/1947, seeds sown January 1948.  Moved to present locations in 1952.
84 39.0
75 34.0
92 38.0
77 39.0
80 34.0
93 42.0
66 35.0
Shoenberg Temperate House 1969 61 28.0
Seiwa-En Japanese Garden 50 11.0
15 U.S. National Arboretum Grove Across from Meta Triangle Washington DC 20002 7 1954 84 38.0 Arnold Arboretum The Gotelli Pond tree, 'National' is an
Arboretum introduction from the wild collected seed..  "It appears that 'National' was selected out from the NA#10920 seed batch, and officially introduced into the nursery trade April 15, 1963."
Meta Triangle 71 23.0
74 26.0
Boxwood Collection 52 20.0
Asian Valley 70 18.0
Azalae Valley 88 37.0
Gotelli Pond 1966 67 26.0 National Arboretum
16 State Arboretum of Virginia at Blandy Experimental Farm 400 Blandy Farm Lane Boyce VA 22620 4 1959 62 20.6 Tingle Nursery The State Arboretum of Virginia at Blandy Experimental Farm is a property owned and administered by the University of Virginia. 
63 23.8
47 17.7
1975 67 29.6 Smalt's Nursery
17 Callaway Gardens Meadowlark Gardens Pine Mountain GA 31822 20 1961 100 20.6 Tom Dodd Nursery "We have 20 trees from three separate accessions planted in two locations. Unfortunately, the two groups in Meadowlark Gardens no longer have metal labels. We have separated the 1961 from the 1973 plantings based on size and location though it is possible the 13" tree belongs with the 1973 group."
70 18.7
100 25.8
90 16.4
80 13.0
Nursery above Sibley Center 1964 80 19.5 National Arboretum
40 7.0
40 6.8
75 12.8
60 11.4
75 15.9
40 14.3
40 10.3
60 14.0
60 9.7
Meadowlark Gardens 1973 65 11.7 Tennessee Valley Nursery
50 9.0
50 8.5
60 8.7
40 6.6
18 Rutgers Botanic Gardens 112 Ryders Lane New Brunswick NJ 08901 2 1950 90 27.5 Arnold Arboretum Tallest tree had lower branches removed early and did not develop buttressed roots
1969 50 20.0 National Arboretum
19 University of Washington Botanic Gardens 3501 NE 41st Street Seattle WA  98105 8 1948 80 36.0 Arnold Arboretum Data obtained through living Collections Manager
26 30.0
1949 18 12.0 Carl S. English Gardens
18 24.0
22 24.0
75 36.0
1956 80 36.0 University of California Botanic Gardens
75 36.0
20 New York Botanical Garden 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard Bronx NY 10458 11 1950 91 24.7 Arnold Arboretum "The site on which the combined group stands is rather dry. This may explain why trees of a similar age at the Morris Arboretum are of greater dimension. During the past two years, irrigation has been added to this site which should relieve some of the summer drought stress that has periodically occurred. For some of the plants we have height and DBH data from 2000 and 2002 indicating a considerable rate of growth on some individuals."
94 23.0
83 24.5
93 20.8
71 29.1
89 36.6
80 23.1
86 16.0
89 22.4
88 27.2
62 22.1
21 Winterthur Gardens  Route 52 Winterthur DE 19735 2 1951 101 59.4 Arnold Arboretum Oldest tree: 1951 – 4’ tall; 1963 -  30 - 40' tall; 1968 - 58' tall, 26.1 DBH, 25' spread; 1981 -  70+' tall, and 40.1 DBH; 1997 – 91 feet tall, 54.5 DBH,  52' spread
1957 94 34.3
22 Holden Arboretum 9500 Sperry Road Mentor OH 44094 7 1961 62 34.9 Cole Nursery Information from plant records curator
1967 19 19.0
1968 51 20.9 National Arboretum
40 16.5
1971 46 21.4 Cole Nursery
1973 49 23.3 Wayside Gardens
66 30.8
23 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 153 Cook Hill Road Windsor CT 06095 1 1973 75 22.1 Hoffman's Nursery At Valley Laboratory station
24 Scott Arboretum 500 College Avenue Swarthmore  PA 19081 2 1948 100 41.2 Arnold Arboretum Total of 41 Metasequoias at site
70 48.0
25 U. C. Botanic Gardens at Berkeley 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley CA 94720 9 1949 90 52.1 Dr. Ralph Chaney In addition, there are trees on the Berkeley central campus, at least two, possibly as many as four.  They, too, originated with Dr. Chaney.
68 23.6
72 33.3
116 37.7
49 17.7
111 35.5
108 39.3
105 40.0
96 41.8
26 Chicago Botanic Garden Berm and Soundwall; North end, bed 2 Glencoe IL 60022 5 1968 35 14.0 Cartwright Nursery Data obtained through Boyce Tankersley.  Total of 38 plants were planted, 5 remain.  
35 15.0
West Collections Area, North end 1969 25 12.0
25 11.0
35 18.0
27 The Barnes Foundation 300 North Latchs Lane Merion PA 19066 2 1954 100 36.0 Morris Arboretum "First specimen at the Arboretum of The Barnes Foundation.  Second specimen at property called Ker-Feal"
28 Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens One Schenley Park Pittsburgh PA 15213 4 1952 24 22.9 Arnold Arboretum "We have four Metasequoia glyptostroboides across the front of the Conservatory.  Two of them were relocated away from the existing entrance in order to make room for our new welcome center in the fall of 2003.  They now flank the entrance to our Outdoor Garden.   They survived the move with little trauma."
45 22.3
36 22.6
33 16.6
29 Coker College 1624 West Carolina Avenue Hartsville SC 29550 1 1951 77 36.0 Arnold Arboretum "Brought by Dr. William Chambers Coker, botanist at UNC-CH."
30 Dawes Arboretum 7770 Jacksontown Rd Newark OH 43056 51 1950 76 42.5 Arnold Arboretum Trees planted in 1959 and 1960 bred from [D1950-0017.001] Orig. from Arnold Arboretum (The) of Harvard University.  Dawes Arboretum GIS has databases for  coordinates, soil types, and slope.
53 11.2
78 19.3
1959 51 23.4 Created from first tree received from Arnold in 1950
50 20.7
1960 45 7.2
60 18.3
51 19.8
54 17.7
42 24.4
60 14.6
52 14.6
48 16.8
15 18.0
49 16.2
63 16.3
60 13.9
62 12.6
62 15.7
65 15.4
65 14.1
63 12.1
63 12.0
61 14.6
65 15.2
63 12.8
63 11.3
61 10.9
64 13.3
66 14.2
60 11.2
63 14.1
56 11.3
55 9.4
56 12.1
41 6.3
54 11.9
53 10.2
57 11.4
35 6.7
51 10.0
51 10.1
49 9.4
45 9.5
61 11.7
60 10.4
58 9.4
57 10.2
48 10.0
1961 25 22.8
1964 39 18.3 National Arboretum
31 Connecticut College Arboretum Caroline Black Garden New London CT 06320 1 1950 101 35.8 Dr. Ralph Chaney Margaret Chaney, a Connecticut College employee, received the seed.
32 Secrest Arboretum & Wooster, Ohio Field House at OSU Wooster OH 44691 25 1953 75 32.4 Arnold Arboretum Calculations made by Albert Burney Huff, 1488 Ramblewood Drive, Wooster, OH 44691.  "There are 24 trees planted in the plot at the Secrest.  They  must have been 3 to 4 years old at the time of planting in this plot.  The height varies from 80 to 90 feet, at this time"
Plantation at Secrest 85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
85 30.5
Notestein Home, 1681 Burbank Rd Wooster OH 44681 26 1954 96 26.7 Secrest Arboretum Calculations made by Albert Burney Huff, 1488 Ramblewood Drive, Wooster, OH 44691.
Cottle Home, 1006 Forest Drive 1954 100 26.7
Dr. MacMillan, 1521 Gashe St. 1958 72 23.7
Art Miller Property 1955 90 28.7
90 26.7
83 21.0
98 26.7
88 30.6
86 38.2
85 23.0
74 26.7
Wooster Historical House 77 28.7
1368 East Wayne Avenue 80 34.4
84 30.5
928 East Wayne Avenue 75 31.3
704 Quinby Street 92 32.4
First Presbyterian Church, 621 College Ave 75 26.7
Catholic Church, 523 Beall Avenue 70 21.0
75 17.2
73 16.4
240 East Beverly Rd 75 30.5
438 North Bever St 63 35.8
62 29.0
ATI - OSU Tree 64 24.8
1039 Perkins St 72 27.5
70 28.7
33 Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallen Ave Wheaton  MD 20902 2 1968 80 33.0 Citizen in Mt. Rainier, MD.  Trees 14' tall when planted.
1972 90 33.0 Behnke Nurseries
34 McCrillis Gardens 6910 Greentree Road Bethesda MD 20817 1 1952 115 36.0 Citizen through BBG Donated by citizen who received tree through Brooklyn Botanic Garden
35 Bernheim Forest Arboretum State Highway 245 Clermont KY 40110 3 1964 103 30.5 C.M. Hobbs Nursery Plants were 2' tall when planted.  Received in spring of 1964
85 25.8
107 35.8
36 Berry Botanic Garden 11505 SW Summerville Avenue Portland OR 97219 1 1965 90 28.5 Lichuan Forest Research Inst. Growing on moist hill seep.  55 ft wide and has grown 4-5 ft per year
37 Boerner Botanical Gardens Southwest of Rock Garden Hales Corners WI 53130 5 1957 35 14.6 Grant Nursery Grant Nursery received seeds from Arnold Arboretum in 1949.  41 Metasequoias planted between 1951 and 1964.  Only 11 remained by 1968.  Between 5 and 10 remain alive at this time.  Most deaths were recorded as "winterkill".  5 known living specimens are growing in semi-shady locations.  It has been noted that particularly fast growing trees are more susceptible to winter injury and winterkill.
Conifer Collection 65 18.5
25 7.0
1958 30 12.4 Upton Nursery
1964 40 11.1 Milwaukee County Nursery
38 Stanley M. Rowe Arboretum 4600 Muchmore Road Indian Hill OH 45243 2 1952 135 30.0 National Arboretum Tallest Metasequoias in Ohio
130 35.0
39 Brigham Young University North Campus Drive Provo UT 84602 1 1962 67 27.0 Arnold Arboretum Planted on Arbor Day
40 Longwood Gardens Route 1 Kennett Square PA 19348 10