coast redwood
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- National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Genetic structure of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens [D. Don] Endl.) populations in and outside of the natural distribution range based on nuclear and chloroplast microsatellite markers
- The Gymnosperm Database - Coast redwood
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Sequoia sempervirens
- University of California Cooperative Extension - Forest Research and Outreach - Coast Redwood
- Plants For A Future - Sequoia sempervirens
coast redwood, (Sequoia sempervirens), also called California redwood, coniferous evergreen timber tree of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), the tallest of all living trees. They are endemic to the fog belt of the coastal range from southwestern Oregon to central California, U.S., at elevations up to 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) above sea level. The coast redwood is so named to distinguish it from the giant sequoia, or Sierra redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum), the largest trees by bulk, and the Japanese redwood, or Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica). The coast redwood is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN Red List of Threatened ...(100 of 439 words)