Old growth redwood forest
| Sequoia sempervirens | |
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| S. sempervirens along US 199 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Cupressaceae |
| Genus: | Sequoia |
| Species: | S. sempervirens |
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Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Taxodium sempervirens D.Don |
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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 sɛmpərˈvaɪrənz/ 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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