Clusters of male and solitary female cones are produced on the same tree but are not ornamentally important. ![]() They are bright green when they first emerge becoming darker as they mature, and turning yellow-brown to pink, apricot and finally copper-brown in the fall. The fern-like leaves are ¾” long and are attached to deciduous green stems. It grows very rapidly, 3-4’ per year, and becomes broad and conical with a uniform orderly habit. Although the tree can reach a height of 150 feet in its natural habitat, in cultivation it usually grows to about 100 feet. Since then seeds have been distributed by the Arnold Arboretum and the tree is now widely planted in Europe and North America. This deciduous conifer was described from fossil evidence in 1941 and was thought to be extinct until 1944 when a few trees were found in central China.
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