Metasequoia planted in Akatsuki Park has turned red and is at its best.
Metasequoia is deciduous Takagi of the Japanese cedar family.
The Japanese name is Akebono cedar.
Initially discovered as a fossil, it was treated as an extinct species, but in 1945, it was confirmed to exist in Sichuan Province, China, and it was suddenly attracted the attention of the world and was also called "living fossils". It seems to be. 1 genus.
At the beginning of the fossil discovery, it was similar to sequoia, so I heard that it was named "metasequoia" with the prefix "meta" meaning "changed, different, later".
The trunk is straight. It is densely branched, forms a conical tree shape, twigs and leaves are opposite, and when the leaves fall, the twigs fall together.
You can enjoy the soft green of fresh green, autumn leaves, and the beauty of each season.
If the so-called "momiji" represented by Iroha maple is Japanese autumn leaves, Metasequoia is Western-style autumn leaves.
The color changes slightly depending on how the light is shot and angle.
