View source for Sequoiadendron giganteum

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|accepted_name=Sequoiadendron giganteum
|accepted_authority=(Lindley) J. Buchholz
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Amer. J. Bot.
|place=26: 536. 1939
|year=1939
}}
|common_names=Giant sequoia;bigtree;Sierra-redwood
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Wellingtonia gigantea
|authority=Lindley
|rank=species
|publication_title=Gard. Chron.
|publication_place=10: 823. 1853
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cupressaceae;Sequoiadendron;Sequoiadendron giganteum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cupressaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sequoiadendron]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sequoiadendron giganteum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 2
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>to 90 m; trunk to 11 m diam.; crown conic and monopodial when young, narrowed and somewhat rounded in age. <b>Bark</b> reddish brown, to ca. 60 cm thick, fibrous, ridged and furrowed. <b>Branches</b> generally horizontal to downward-sweeping with upturned ends. <b>Leaves</b> generally with stomates on both surfaces, the free portion to ca. 15 mm. <b>Pollen</b> cones nearly globose to ovoid, 4–8 mm. <b>Seed</b> cones 4–9 cm. <b>Seeds</b> 3–6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|habitat=Mixed montane coniferous forests, in isolated groves on the w slopes of the Sierra Nevada
|elevation=900–2700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Mature individuals of this species are the most voluminous living organisms and among the most long-lived trees. <i>Sequoiadendron giganteum</i> was formerly included in <i>Sequoia</i>, under the later homonym <i>Sequoia</i> gigantea (Lindley) Decaisne (1854, not Endlicher 1847), a conservative placement that still has merit (J. Doyle 1945; O. Schwarz and H. Weide 1962).</p><!--
--><p>Redwood, including <i>Sequoiadendron giganteum</i> and <i>Sequoia sempervirens</i>, is the state tree of California.</p>
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name=Sequoiadendron giganteum
|authority=(Lindley) J. Buchholz
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Wellingtonia gigantea
|family=Cupressaceae
|habitat=Mixed montane coniferous forests, in isolated groves on the w slopes of the Sierra Nevada
|elevation=900–2700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Amer. J. Bot.
|publication year=1939
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Sequoiadendron
|species=Sequoiadendron giganteum
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