DAWN REDWOOD: THE BIRTH OF THE TALLEST TREES ON EARTH
In California, redwoods on the coast and in the Sierra Nevada draw tourists. These are sequoias, which evolved from an evergreen called Metasequoia. Metasequoia was thought to be extinct until a grove was discovered in China. From there, it’s been reintroduced into America, just like the ginkgo. During the Age of Dinosaurs and well into the Age of Mammals, Metasequoia and its kin ranged across the Northern Hemisphere. While not exactly part of the Jurassic Forest, Metasequoia fossils were common in forests from the Late Cretaceous Periods into the Miocene Epoch.