#USNationalArboretum
#metasequoia
#DawnRedwood
#ThickTrunk
This was taken in April at the US Nationsl Arboretum. The oldest grove of metasequoia were planted here around 1950.

The trunks get massive, resembling a bald cypress, minus the knuckles. Dawn redwoods do not have knuckle-like root protrusions surrounding their base.