CU Boulder greenhouse acquires rare ‘dinosaur tree’ that dates back 91 million years

CU Boulder greenhouse acquires rare ‘dinosaur tree’ that dates back 91 million years

The University of Colorado Boulder has acquired a rare Wollemi pine tree, a tree species that lived alongside dinosaurs and was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in Australia in 1994. CU Boulder alumni Judy and Rod McKeever reached out to the university’s greenhouse seeking to donate their beloved Wollemi tree, named Wally, after it outgrew their Boulder home. “My first reaction was like, you don’t have that,” CU Boulder Greenhouse…