Metasequoia

E15743

Metasequoia is a small genus of fast-growing deciduous conifer trees best known for the dawn redwood, a once-thought-extinct "living fossil" valued in paleobotany and ornamental planting.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Metasequoia (Metasequoia is a small genus of fast-growing deciduous conifer trees best known for the dawn redwood, a once-thought-extinct "living fossil" valued in paleobotany and ornamental planting.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Metasequoia glyptostroboides 7
Metasequoia canonical 3
Metasequoia milleri 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conifer genus ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ
barkCharacteristic fibrous bark ⓘ
reddish-brown bark ⓘ
belongsToClade cupressophytes ⓘ
class Pinopsida ⓘ
climatePreference temperate climate ⓘ
commonName dawn redwood genus ⓘ
coneSex monoecious ⓘ
cultivatedAs ornamental tree ⓘ
describedAsLivingFossil true ⓘ
division Pinophyta ⓘ
family Cupressaceae ⓘ
growthForm large tree ⓘ
habitat moist lowland areas ⓘ
riparian zones ⓘ
hasExtantSpecies Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
hasFossilSpecies Metasequoia milleri ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia

Metasequoia occidentalis ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
historicalStatus once thought extinct ⓘ
isConifer true ⓘ
isDeciduous true ⓘ
isFastGrowing true ⓘ
kingdom Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement opposite leaves on branchlets ⓘ
leafPersistence deciduous needles ⓘ
leafType needle-like leaves ⓘ
nativeContinent Asia ⓘ
nativeRange China ⓘ
notableSpecies Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
order Cupressales ⓘ
photosyntheticOrgan flattened needle-like leaves ⓘ
photosyntheticPathway C3 ⓘ
pollination wind-pollinated ⓘ
rediscoveryCentury 20th century ⓘ
relatedTo Sequoia ⓘ
linked to: California redwood

Sequoiadendron ⓘ
linked to: giant sequoia
reproductiveStructure cones ⓘ
scientificName Metasequoia ⓘ
subfamily Sequoioideae ⓘ
linked to: Cupressaceae
taxonRank genus ⓘ
tolerates urban conditions ⓘ
typeSpecies Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
usedIn ornamental planting ⓘ
paleobotany research ⓘ
valuedFor ornamental value ⓘ
scientific importance ⓘ
woodType softwood ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cupressaceae → contains → Metasequoia ⓘ
Cupressaceae → notableSpecies → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia → typeSpecies → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia → hasExtantSpecies → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia → hasFossilSpecies → Metasequoia occidentalis ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia → hasFossilSpecies → Metasequoia milleri ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia → scientificName → Metasequoia ⓘ
Metasequoia → notableSpecies → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Taxodiaceae → notableMember → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Taxodiaceae → deciduousMember → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia Road (Ulsan Grand Park) → hasTreeSpecies → Metasequoia glyptostroboides ⓘ
subject linked to: metasequoia road
linked to: Metasequoia
Metasequoia Road (Ulsan Grand Park) → namedAfter → Metasequoia ⓘ
subject linked to: metasequoia road