Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The collection includes the tallest, measuring 106 feet, in Holland; and the ...

New research from Boston University reveals that while warmer summers can speed up tree growth, declining snowpack may slow ...

A tree species once thought to be extinct is thriving in Michigan. The dawn redwood was rediscovered in the 1940s. Since then, dozens – perhaps even hundreds – have been planted throughout ...

There have been dawn redwood trees recorded on MSU's campus, in Kalamazoo, Jackson and Manistee counties and in Franklin, Ann Arbor, Troy, Lansing and DeWitt, the 2025 Michigan Big Tree list said.

Thus, the snow shadows were more green than usual. At the nearby U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial, the ground was frosted in white, but there were no overhead trees to shadow the snowfall.