Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...

"This is my first one, from what I've researched they're good between zones 4 to 8." Gardener seeks advice for tending to uncommon 'dinosaur' tree: 'It grows pretty fast at about 3-5 ft a year' first ...

Dawn redwood trees once were believed extinct. The towering trees have been quietly growing in Michigan for decades.

In spring, before berries and acorns come in, black bears depend in part on the sap just under the bark of redwoods and other conifers. They prefer the young, fastest growing trees and have done ...

The giant trees grow along the Pacific Coast in northern and central California and southern Oregon. The base can be up to 22 feet in diameter. Some coastal redwoods have exceeded this.

The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ft. tall, with a circumference greater than 90 ft. at their base. The oldest have seen more than 3,000 years.

A time capsule to the dinosaur age, dawn redwoods trees are growing in Michigan. You may think of redwoods as growing only along California's coast, where numerous national and state parks are ...