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Also called giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, and Wellingtonia.
Despite its similar scientific botanical 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 / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae, and in 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales.
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) (color key), 🗺 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.
Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
"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
🔍︎ 🔍︎ images Discover Life Encyclopedia of Life Gymnosperm database Missouri Botanical Garden Flora of North America NRCS PLANTS db Silvics USFS Wikipedia
🏠︎ 🌲︎ conifer order Pinales cypress / juniper / redwood family Cupressaceae coast redwood/California redwood Sequoia sempervirens