Neither, it's not an animal.
Google Dawn Redwood.
The Dawn Redwood or Metasequoia glyptestroboides is a deciduous conifer.
Giant Redwood, Dawn Redwood, Giant Sequoia.
I do not believe that Metasequoia glyptostroboides the dawn redwood is poisonous. I can find no reference anywhere to this . But it isn't something you should be eating anyway.
A Redwood is not an organism, however it is a type of tree. There are three types of redwoods: the giant sequoia, the dawn redwood, and the coast redwood.
Larch Larix. Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptstoboides .
There does not seem to be any record of when or where the common name was arrived at but it would be a fair guess that the dawn part came from it being a fossil from the dawn of time, rediscovered in China.l
If you mean Metasequoia it is a deciduous conifer. It is commonly called the Dawn Redwood. It was only rediscovered in China in 1941.
Tropical Hibiscus are not deciduous but are evergreen. Because they only grow in warm areas with no frost or tempretures below freezing.But there is a hibiscus,Hibiscus syriacus or Rose of Sharon that is deciduous and is both frost and cold hardy.
"This is a conifer" the teacher told the class on their nature trail. The dawn redwood is an example of a conifer tree.
Some trees that start with the letter D are Douglas fir, Dawn redwood, and Dogwood.
Redwood may refer to: * Family Cupressaceae (conifers) ** Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood ** Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood ** Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood ** Cryptomeria japonica- Sugi * Family Pinaceae (conifers) ** The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade * Family Fabaceae (broadleaf) ** Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe) ** Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree * Family Sterculiaceae (broadleaf) ** Trochetiopsis erythroxylon - St Helena Redwood