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Sequoia sempervirens
California Redwood
| Family |
| Cupressaceae |
| Genus |
| Sequoia |
| Species |
| sempervirens |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (evergreen) |
| Pronunciation |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 6b - 7a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 6a - 6b |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H6 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -21 - (-15) |
| Temperature (°F) |
| -5 - 5 |
| Height |
| 115 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Thick, soft and fibrous, bright red-brown when freshly exposed. |
| Leaf Description |
| Variable: young needles and those in the shady lower crown of mature trees are 15 - 25 mm long and flat, those in the upper crown of mature trees are scale-like, 5 - 10 mm long. |
| Fruit Description |
| Monoecious, with pollen and seed cones on the same plant. Cones are ovoid, 15 - 32 mm long, with 15 - 25 spirally arranged scales. Pollination occurs in late winter with maturation about 8 - 9 months after. |
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