Metasequoia
E15743
Metasequoia is a small genus of fast-growing deciduous conifer trees best known for the dawn redwood, a once-thought-extinct "living fossil" valued in paleobotany and ornamental planting.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | 4 |
| Metasequoia canonical | 2 |
| Metasequoia milleri | 1 |
| Metasequoia occidentalis | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T72595 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Metasequoia Context triple: [Cupressaceae, contains, Metasequoia]
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A.
giant sequoia
The giant sequoia is an enormous, long-lived coniferous tree species native to California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for being among the largest and most massive trees on Earth.
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B.
California redwood
The California redwood is a towering, long-lived coniferous tree native to the coastal and mountainous regions of California, renowned for being among the tallest and largest trees on Earth.
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C.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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D.
Douglas fir
Douglas fir is a large, long-lived conifer native to western North America, valued for its strong timber and ecological importance in mountain and coastal forests.
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E.
Ponderosa pine
Ponderosa pine is a large, long-lived coniferous tree native to western North America, known for its tall straight trunk, distinctive puzzle-like bark, and importance in montane forest ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Metasequoia Target entity description: Metasequoia is a small genus of fast-growing deciduous conifer trees best known for the dawn redwood, a once-thought-extinct "living fossil" valued in paleobotany and ornamental planting.
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A.
giant sequoia
The giant sequoia is an enormous, long-lived coniferous tree species native to California’s Sierra Nevada, renowned for being among the largest and most massive trees on Earth.
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B.
California redwood
The California redwood is a towering, long-lived coniferous tree native to the coastal and mountainous regions of California, renowned for being among the tallest and largest trees on Earth.
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C.
Ulmus
Ulmus is a genus of deciduous trees commonly known as elms, widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere and valued for their distinctive vase-shaped form and use in landscaping and timber.
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D.
Douglas fir
Douglas fir is a large, long-lived conifer native to western North America, valued for its strong timber and ecological importance in mountain and coastal forests.
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E.
Ponderosa pine
Ponderosa pine is a large, long-lived coniferous tree native to western North America, known for its tall straight trunk, distinctive puzzle-like bark, and importance in montane forest ecosystems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conifer genus
ⓘ
plant genus ⓘ |
| barkCharacteristic |
fibrous bark
ⓘ
reddish-brown bark ⓘ |
| belongsToClade | cupressophytes ⓘ |
| class | Pinopsida ⓘ |
| climatePreference | temperate climate ⓘ |
| commonName | dawn redwood genus ⓘ |
| coneSex | monoecious ⓘ |
| cultivatedAs | ornamental tree ⓘ |
| describedAsLivingFossil | true ⓘ |
| division | Pinophyta ⓘ |
| family | Cupressaceae ⓘ |
| growthForm | large tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
moist lowland areas
ⓘ
riparian zones ⓘ |
| hasExtantSpecies |
Metasequoia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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| hasFossilSpecies |
Metasequoia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Metasequoia milleri
Metasequoia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Metasequoia occidentalis
|
| historicalStatus | once thought extinct ⓘ |
| isConifer | true ⓘ |
| isDeciduous | true ⓘ |
| isFastGrowing | true ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | opposite leaves on branchlets ⓘ |
| leafPersistence | deciduous needles ⓘ |
| leafType | needle-like leaves ⓘ |
| nativeContinent | Asia ⓘ |
| nativeRange | China ⓘ |
| notableSpecies |
Metasequoia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
|
| order | Cupressales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticOrgan | flattened needle-like leaves ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| rediscoveryCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
California redwood
ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoia
giant sequoia ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoiadendron
|
| reproductiveStructure | cones ⓘ |
| scientificName | Metasequoia self-link ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Cupressaceae
ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoioideae
|
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates | urban conditions ⓘ |
| typeSpecies |
Metasequoia
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
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| usedIn |
ornamental planting
ⓘ
paleobotany research ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
ornamental value
ⓘ
scientific importance ⓘ |
| woodType | softwood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Metasequoia Description of subject: Metasequoia is a small genus of fast-growing deciduous conifer trees best known for the dawn redwood, a once-thought-extinct "living fossil" valued in paleobotany and ornamental planting.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.