index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) PINOPHYTINA CLASS PINOPSIDA ORDER PINALES Family CUPRESSACEAE (cypress family)

genus Sequoia
Coast Redwood

Genus Sequoia
species Sequoia.Sempervirens (Only species) Coast Redwood or California Redwood

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California Redwood
species: Sequoia.Sempervirens
Chico, Ca
Coast Redwood
California Redwood


BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB lives 2,000 years


BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB 379 ft high (tallest tree)


BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB Shallow roots, wide-spreading lateral roots
Mild coastal climate (in contrast to giant sequoia)
Can sprout from stump (in contrast to giant sequoia)

BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB Needles:
Leaves dark green above, and with two blue-white stomatal bands below.
Young leaves can individually rotate or twist at the base for maximum light capture.
Leaves are twisted at the base to lie in a flat plane


BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB Monoecious: with pollen and seed cones on the same plant.




BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB Uniquely, the mitochondrial genome is paternally inherited


BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB 5 million years ago the redwoods went extent in Europe and Asia
One surviving species: Sempervirens in Northern California Coast USA
Oldest living Sempervirens is 2,200 years old



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RedWood
2008.07.01
Clear Lake, Ca
clear Lake, Ca

Cutting
Piece of burl at home
Asexual reproduction by sprouting from a root crown,
stump,
Fallen Tree or branches
Leaves can twist to form a flat layering.


Leaves resemble a western yew but lack the yew petiole (yew leaf stem).
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Leaves lie flat in layers

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Two RedWoods
Ashland, Or
Two RedWoods that have been cleared around.
Different looking trunks...
Ashland, Or

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