Sequoia gigantea

Plant Characteristics

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Scientific Names

Read about Sequoia gigantea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Sequoia gigantea, DC. (S. Wellingtonia, Seem. S. Washingtonia, Sudw.). California Big Tree. Fig. 3612. Tree 150-325 ft. high, with trunk 10-30 ft. in diam.: crown pyramidal on young trees, rounded at summit or much broken in age: branches pendulous, cord-like: lvs. scale-like, 1/8 – 1/2 in. long, sharp-pointed, adherent to the st. which they thickly clothe, the tip free: cone ovoid, 2 – 3 3/4 in. long, l 1/2- 2 in. broad, opening only slightly, maturing the second summer, persistent; scales 25-45; seeds oblong or somewhat ovate, wing-margined, 2 1/2-3 lines long. Western slopes of Sierra Nevada. C. L. A. 7:364. G.C. III. 27:374: 34:401. G.F. 10:515 (adapted in Fig. 3612). R.H. 1913, p. 55. J.H. III. 67:348. G.W. 2, p. 195; 3, p. 77; 6, p. 397; 13, p. 331. —Reproduces in nature only by seeds. As usually grown the trunk is clothed to the ground with short slender up-curved branches, making a very ornamental tree, but in mature native specimens the trunk is clear of limbs up to 80-200 ft. Var. pendula, Hort. Weeping Big Tree. A form in which the branches are strongly recurved, closely covering the st. and producing a narrow cylindric effect similar to that of Italian cypress. Originated in Eu. and prop. by grafting upon normal S. gigantea. G.C. III. 31:388. R.H. 1906, p. 395. Var. glauca, Hort. Foliage bluish green; said to be of slow growth. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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