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    Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood or Wellingtonia is a coniferous tree, classified in the family...
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    Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with three species, only one of which survives to the present: Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly...
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    glyptostroboides Hu & W.C.Cheng - Dawn redwood; south-central China. Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.Buchh. - Giant sequoia, Giant redwood; western slopes...
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    cultivate them for their wood, the King had some 5,000 Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) grown from seed in 1865. He had the seeds sent from California...
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    General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located at an elevation of 2,109 m (6,919 ft) above sea level in the Giant Forest of...
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    Lost Coast Outpost. Retrieved 2017-09-19. Earle, Christopher J. "Sequoiadendron giganteum". Gymnosperm Database. Retrieved 2007-06-10. the General Grant...
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    U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees which populate 38 distinct groves within the boundaries...
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    characteristic of the modern Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia).[citation needed] Sequoia ancestors were not dominant...
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    is the oldest species of Sequoiadendron. The common use of the name "sequoia" generally refers to Sequoiadendron giganteum, which occurs naturally only...
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    The General Grant tree is the largest giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in California...
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    distributions, and many are endangered species. The world's largest (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and current tallest (Sequoia sempervirens) trees belong to the...
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    The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the world's most massive tree, and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. It is neither the tallest...
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  • 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-09-03. "Sequoiadendron". Gymnosperm Database. "Tallest Blue Gum in the world Eucalyptus globulus...
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  • the Philippines Sequoiadendron giganteum, the giant sequoia, Sierra redwood or Wellingtonia, a massive tree species Sivatherium giganteum, an extinct species...
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    On the Congress Trail Photos The House Group of Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees on the Congress Trail, Sequoia National Park The Congress...
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  • the genus Meliosma. A vernacular name for the coniferous tree Sequoiadendron giganteum. Wellingtonia (horse) was a thoroughbred racehorse in the late...
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    Cretaceous. Together with Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) of California, Metasequoia is classified in the...
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    1,540-acre (6.2 km2) tract containing 60 mature Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees, the largest concentration of giant sequoias in the Sierra...
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    Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum Sierra Nevada, California United States Dead. D-21 3,220 1,199 BCE Giant sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum Sierra Nevada...
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  • Cut down in January 2021. Sequoia of Vitoria-Gasteiz Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain 42°50′48″N 2°40′41″W /...
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    Some of the largest seeds come from trees, but the largest tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, produces one of the smallest tree seeds. The great diversity in...
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    The General Noble Tree was a monumental giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) situated in the Converse Basin Grove, within the boundaries of the Giant...
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    closest relatives, generally with the redwood and giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) as each other's closest relatives. However, Yang and colleagues...
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    Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees on earth. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and...
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    The Discovery Tree, also known as The Mammoth Tree was a Sequoiadendron giganteum tree located in Calaveras Grove, California. In 1852, A.T. Dowd found...
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    coniferous trees, many exotic and valuable, including fine specimens of Sequoiadendron giganteum (1864) and Metasequoia glyptostroboides (1952). The island also...
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    Tharp's Log is a hollowed giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) log at Log Meadow in the Giant Forest grove of Sequoia National Park that was used as...
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    virginiana), as well as what is claimed to be the largest Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on the East Coast, and currently about 100 feet (30 m) tall. The...
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    trunk. Together with Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia) of California, M. glyptostroboides is classified...
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    scales. It is superficially similar to the related giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), from which it can be differentiated by the longer leaves (under...
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