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California redwood

Sequoia sempervirens
US 199 Redwood Highway.jpg
S. sempervirens along US 199
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Cupressaceae
Genus: Sequoia
Species: S. sempervirens
Binomial name
Sequoia sempervirens
(D.Don) Endl.
Synonyms

Taxodium sempervirens D.Don
Abies religiosa Hook. & Arn., non Lindl., nom illeg.
Gigantabies taxifolia J.Nelson
Schubertia sempervirens (D.Don) Spach
Sequoia gigantea Endl., non (Lindl.) Decne
Sequoia pyramidata hort. ex Carrière
Sequoia religiosa C.Presl
Sequoia taxifolia hort. ex K.Koch
Steinhauera sempervirens (D.Don) Voss


Taxodium sempervirens D.Don
Abies religiosa Hook. & Arn., non Lindl., nom illeg.
Gigantabies taxifolia J.Nelson
Schubertia sempervirens (D.Don) Spach
Sequoia gigantea Endl., non (Lindl.) Decne
Sequoia pyramidata hort. ex Carrière
Sequoia religiosa C.Presl
Sequoia taxifolia hort. ex K.Koch
Steinhauera sempervirens (D.Don) Voss

Sequoia sempervirens /sɪˈkɔɪ.ə sɛmpərˈvrənz/ is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae). Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200–1,800 years or more. This species includes the tallest living trees on Earth, reaching up to 379 feet (115.5 m) in height (without the roots) and up to 29.2 feet (8.9 m) in diameter at breast height (dbh). These trees are also among the oldest living things on Earth. Before commercial logging and clearing began by the 1850s, this massive tree occurred naturally in an estimated 2,100,000 acres (8,500 km2) along much of coastal California (excluding southern California where rainfall is not sufficient) and the southwestern corner of coastal Oregon within the United States.


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