This is a great landscape tree if it has plenty of room to grow. This tree is on the Campus of Towson State University and is approximately 50 to 60 years old. Beech trees attract a variety of wildlife, provide lots of shade and add to the landscape as a specimen tree. The yellow fall color is another great feature of this tree. This tree is a slow-growing species that requires very little maintenance and has relatively few pests. There are several diseases that attack older and drought stressed trees on occasion. A great tree in the right spot and a classic specimen tree.

Dawn redwoods thrive in a large, crescent-shaped region that encompasses the Eastern and Southern US. They have proven to be an easy tree to grow in temperate regions, and is now widely planted as an ornamental tree. Planted specimens have already reached 25-40 m in height and 1-1.3 m in diameter, despite being in cultivation for under 60 years. This rapid rate of growth has led to consideration for using the tree in forestry plantations. It has been discovered that Metasequoia will thrive in standing water, much like the baldcypress, and if left branched to the ground in full sun, will develop the large, contorted boles that have made it famous. Limbing at an early age will prohibit this formation later on.

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