& amp amp amp amp amp lt span itemprop=& amp amp amp amp quot name& amp amp amp amp quot content=& amp amp amp amp quot Dawn Redwood By Kelly Sherman. Dawn for once was happy in her life and as celebration she gave Melina the bird… that was living in her branches. Dawn’s baby propagated hundreds of other Metasequoia glyptostroboides all over the Eastern part of the United States. Little did Dawn know that her little branch was taken to the North Eastern Region of the US to try to start a new colony. Finally she was going to have a child and even more she and her child would be famous. “ I can use this stem to propagate another of its kind!…Why am I saying all this out loud?” With that the man scurried out of the forest and to his lab.ĭawn was elated. With that Dawn had an idea! She snapped off a tiny twig from herself and it fell right in front of the man. “This must be the most glorious tree in all the land, never in my life have I seen anything so rare and tall” cried the man “but alas, no one will believe that I have found such a lovely tree”. He immediately sat down and started recording all that he could about her. However as soon as the man saw Dawn he was left awe struck. Dawn knew, once again, she was going to be overlooked and ignored while Melina and Evie were going to get all the attention. As the man wandered through the forest he observed all the trees and drew them in his note pad admiring them and complimenting their beauty. She let out a deep sigh and was about to cry when a small Chinese man wandered into the forest. Then she realized, she was still rooted to the ground. She decided to go abroad to start her life over. In fact as time went on Dawn realized all of her friends were getting deflowered and she was the only one who hadn’t found another metasequoia to be pollinated by.ĭawn was depressed and decided she needed to go find herself. All of the other trees gossiped about how Melina had already gotten…pollinated (gasp!). No one was there to guide her through puberty. The only metasequoias Dawn knew were the pictures in rocks she had seen when she was just a sapling. She was lonely with no other Metasequoia glyptostroboides like herself. She began to feel awkward and shy and even worse Evie and Melina started to make fun of her size. Soon Dawn towered over her friends by at least 20 or so feet and was still growing. Dawn shot up like a rocket while Evie and Melina grew gracefully and gradually never hitting that awkward phase in life that everyone wishes they could forget. Metasequoia glyptostroboides Taxodiaceae (Redwood family) One of the most exciting discoveries in the plant world during the last century was undoubtedly that of the deciduous conifer, the Dawn Redwood, Metasequoia glyptostroboides. She and all the other trees were living happily in the forest until puberty hit. She lived in a forest in China with other trees like the Gemelina hainanensis named Melina and a Keteleeria Evelynian named Evie. There was a tiny Metasequoia glyptostroboides tree named Dawn.