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Also called giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, and Wellingtonia.
Despite its similar scientific name, not a sister species to coast redwood/California redwood Sequoia sempervirens.
But it is a close cousin, with both trees being in the same sequoia subfamily Sequoioideae in cypress family Cupressaceae.
And both trees share being the 🌲︎ state tree of California.
Native to the western slopes of the 🗻︎ Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. 🌎︎ Map by county (🇺🇸 USA-48) (colors), 🌎︎ map (scroll down), 🌎︎ map (North America, Central America). Said to get much of its annual water needs from the melting of its local winter snowpack.
"Dozens of giant sequoias in California are thought to be between 3000 and 3500 years old." [1]
A drawing of a giant sequoia appears on the Sierra Club logo .
16 spectacular facts about giant sequoias
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🏠︎ 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales cypress family Cupressaceae coast redwood/California redwood Sequoia sempervirens