| Significance of Tree:
These beautiful dawn redwoods were recently planted in front of the
newly renovated Indianapolis Museum of Art. Gracing the entrance to
the museum, this particular species of tree originated in Asia, and
has been growing and reproducing itself for over one hundred million
years. It is a fast growing, water loving tree
that, like the bald cypress, loses its needles in the winter, causing
some to think it is no longer living, but to be surprised in the
spring when it comes "back to life."
The
species was actually native to North America fifteen million years
ago, to disappear and then become re-introduced in the 1940's.
Over ten of these trees line the entrance to the Indianapolis Museum
of Art. |
