Seeds collected from China were used to grow the missing tree, the UW Botanic Gardens said in a release.
SEATTLE — A rare and endangered tree has been cut down and stolen from the Washington Park Arboretum, according to the University of Washington Botanic Gardens.
“The UW Botanic Gardens regrets to inform our community that a rare Giant cypress or Tibetan cypress tree (Cupressus gigantea) was recently cut down and stolen from the Washington Park Arboretum, presumably to be used as a Christmas tree,” UW Botanic Gardens said in a social media post Monday.
Tibetan cypress trees are an endangered species in the wild,
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