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Sequoia sempervirens

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Magnificent Giant Tree: Sequoia in a Snowstorm | National Geographic

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Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood)

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Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

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Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood), Cupressaceae

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Growing and propagating Redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) in zone 7 North Carolina

Sequoia sempervirens is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae. 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 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 and the southwestern corner of coastal Oregon within the United States.