Dawn redwood trees once were believed extinct. The towering trees have been quietly growing in Michigan for decades.
Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...
New fire dangers put them at risk, and more frequent floods erode the big trees’ footing. But redwoods also are adapting. A 2018 survey of nine large redwood trees found a total of 137 species ...