Sequoiadendron giganteum

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Common name: giant sequoia

Family: Cupressaceae

Distribution: Sierra Nevada Mountains

Habitat: Montane coniferous forests along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (4500-8000 feet in elevation) in central California.

IUCN Red list: Endangered

Hardiness: Zone 6b -5 to 0 F

Life form: Evergreen conifer

Usage: Ornamental

Comments: Giant sequoia, has the most massive size of any tree in the world. It is an erect, single-trunk (often buttressed at the base), needled evergreen conifer that is native to groves scattered through montane coniferous forests along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (4500-8000 feet in elevation) in central California. Trees generally feature attractive dark cinnamon-brown bark (with deep furrows and ridges), small, scale-like, appressed, blue green needles and fruiting cones to 2.5” long.
Best grown in moist, deep, loose, well-drained, sandy loams in full sun.

Links: OSU Landscape Plants - Sequoiadendron giganteum

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1: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-172/1
2: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-173/1
3: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-174/1
4: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-175/1
5: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-176/1
6: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-177/1
7: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-178/1
8: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-179/1
9: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-181/1
10: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-183/1
11: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-184/1
12: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-185/1
13: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-186/1
14: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-187/1
15: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-188/1
16: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-189/1
17: 100 s, 700 e (ST 100,700) • Accession: 1933-190/1
18: 200 s, 600 e (ST 200,600) • Accession: 1933-293/1
19: 200 s, 600 e (ST 200,600) • Accession: 1933-294/1
20: 200 s, 600 e (ST 200,600) • Accession: 1933-295/1

Hoyt Arboretum, Portland, Oregon, USA

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Sequoiadendron giganteum

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