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"Icicle Tree" showing burling of the trunk. Sequoia is a genus of redwood coniferous trees in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae.The only extant species of the genus is Sequoia sempervirens in the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion of Northern California and Southwestern Oregon in the United States.
Sequoia sempervirens (/ s ə ˈ k w ɔɪ. ə ˌ s ɛ m p ər ˈ v aɪ r ən z /) [3] 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 ...
The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live for thousands of years. Threats include logging, fire suppression, [1] illegal marijuana cultivation, and burl poaching. [2] [3] Only two of the genera, Sequoia and Sequoiadendron, are known for massive trees.
Two giant sequoias, Sequoia National Park. The right-hand tree bears a large fire scar at its base; fires do not typically kill the trees but do remove competing thin-barked species, and aid giant sequoia regeneration. Giant sequoias are in many ways adapted to forest fires.
Washington tree, Giant Forest Grove, Sequoia National Park, in 2007 In 2023, there is healing/regrowth on the other side of the Washington tree. Fire scars are thought to be the main cause of dead tops. Although lightning strikes rarely kill mature trees, lightning sometimes knocks out large portions of crowns or ignites dead tops. The most ...
Sequoia National Park is famously home to the largest tree in the world, but the General Sherman Tree isn’t the park’s only marvel. ... Giant sequoia trees can reach upwards of 300 feet tall ...
General Sherman appears to be holding up well (not bad for a 2,200-year-old), but because of pests and climate change, the largest tree in the world needs a checkup
Sequoia, a genus with one living and several fossil species Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood, found along the coast of California and Oregon; Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia), the sequoia tree found on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada of California; Metasequoia, dawn redwood