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Sequoia

Called “coast redwood” in GBIF

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. The two other genera in the subfamily Sequoioideae, Sequoiadendron and Metasequoia, are closely related to Sequoia. It includes the tallest trees, as well as the heaviest, in the world.

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40
accepted species in GBIF
Source: GBIF
1
plant on Plant News
2
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Plants in this genus

1 plant

Research on Sequoia

2 articles
iNaturalist → · observation

Verified coast redwood sighting logged in Redwood City park

If you've ever walked under a towering redwood canopy on the Peninsula, this kind of logged sight...

PubMed → · research article

Gymnosperms.

The towering conifers anchoring your nearest mountain forest or state park are evolutionary survi...

What science is finding about Sequoia

Every article on Plant News that mentions a member of this genus, newest first.

Gymnosperms.

The towering conifers anchoring your nearest mountain forest or state park are evolutionary survivors from before the...

Coast Redwood ancient-plants / forest-ecology