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Accession Data:

Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.

  • Common Name: Coastal Redwood
  • Family: Cupressaceae Bartling

  • Country of Origin: Southwestern N. America - Oregon to California.
  • Habitat: Deep well-drained soils on flat land and slopes in the coast

  • Description: Tallest tree in the world measuring 115.55 m.
  • USDA Zone: 8a-9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198501271
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2307 - Eurasia - Low
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 07-07-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • IUCN Red List: Endangered Species

Classification:

  • Division: Pinophyta
  • Class: Pinopsida
  • SubClass: Pinidae
  • Order: Cupressales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cupressaceae
  • SubFamily: Sequoioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Gymnosperms & Gnetophytes
  • IUCN Redlist Endangered Species
  • Dye Plants
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB 3203 - Developmental Plant Morphology
  • Scavenger Hunt - Grades 9-12
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Oregon / California

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, 19 November, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Tuesday, 19 November, 2019.
  3. Plants for a Future. Last accessed on Tuesday, 19 November, 2019.
  4. IUCN Redlist. Last accessed on Tuesday, 19 November, 2019.
  5. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Jason Hollinger [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

data regenerated on Fri, 29 Nov 2024 11:51:19 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Sequoia sempervirens

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Cupressaceae

Subfamily Callitroideae

  • Callitris columellaris
  • Callitris rhomboidea
  • Fitzroya cupressoides
  • Widdringtonia cedarbergensis W/C
  • Widdringtonia nodiflora

Subfamily Cunninghamhioideae

  • Cunninghamia lanceolata

Subfamily Cupressoideae

  • Chamaecyparis thyoides W/C
  • Cupressus dupreziana
  • Cupressus vietnamensis
  • Juniperus chinensis

Subfamily Sequoioideae

  • Sequoia sempervirens

Subfamily Taxodioideae

  • Taxodium huegelii
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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