Metasequoia glyptostroboides can be considered, along with ginkgo a true living fossil.They are trees of great size and similar to the redwoods, but with the characteristic of being dedicious like the Taxodium distichum. It was believed extinct since the Mesozoic until it was rediscovered in China in the 40s. It is a sturdy tree, growing with pyramidal habit, and presenting compound beatific bright green leaves that become ochre-brown just before falling in autumn. His bark gets fissured as the tree ages and presents a striking reddish-brown color, as the Anglo-Saxon name of this species tells. This is a variety of easy cultivation in continental and temperate climates, with a very rapid growth rate. I recommend you to try it, because given the demand for seeds of this species and its limited natural range, it is being increasingly difficult to obtain seeds of this beautiful species, which only produces fertile seeds in regions where the weather is sufficiently warm in summer.