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The redwood was given its scientific name by Austrian biologist Stephan Endlicher to honor Sequoyah, a Cherokee living in Oklahoma who created a syllabary representing all the syllable sounds in his language, Never before (or since) in the history of the world has a member of an illiterate group invented a workable system of reading and writing.
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What is the common name for Sequoia semperviren?
The common name for Sequoia sempervirens is coast redwood.
The tallest tree on earth?
The tallest tree on earth is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) named Hyperion, located in Redwood National Park, California. It stands at 379.7 feet (115.7 meters) tall and is estimated to be around 600-800 years old.
Is redwood and dogwood trees?
Redwoods are one of the Sequoiaidea family.The Sequoia dendrogiganteum, Giant Sequioa is shorter and fatter, and inhabits the Sierra Nevada. They can grow up to 270 feet high, and 20-25 feet in diameter. They live to 3,000 years or more.The Coastal redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, is taller and skinnier. The Redwood may grow to 370 feet high, and 10-25 feet in diameter. They grow on the Northern coasts of California and may reach 2000 years of age.
What is another name for Sequoia?
Redwood may refer to: * Family Cupressaceae (conifers) ** Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood ** Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood ** Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood ** Cryptomeria japonica- Sugi * Family Pinaceae (conifers) ** The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade * Family Fabaceae (broadleaf) ** Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe) ** Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree * Family Sterculiaceae (broadleaf) ** Trochetiopsis erythroxylon - St Helena Redwood
What type of tree is the giant tree of California and Oregon?
It is the giant evergreen called the redwood. They are only found in the southern most 15 miles of Oregon and in the North of California. Its scientific name is Sequoia sempervirens,although it is often called a Coast Redwood or California Redwood. It is the only living species in the genus Sequoia, in the Cypress family.The huge tree found in California is the Giant Sequoia Tree.
What is the common name for Sequoia semperviren?
The common name for Sequoia sempervirens is coast redwood.
What is is the largest tree?
The largest tree in the world is a California Redwood tree named the General Sherman tree located in Sequoia National Park in California.
What type of the tree are the giant trees in California and Oregon?
the California Redwood ( sequoia Sempiverens)
Is a redwood tree and a sequoia tree the same?
Sequoia is the scientific name for the redwood tree (Sequoia sempervirens), a tall conifer with reddish wood, although any tree having a reddish wood may be referred to as a redwood.
Is redwood an evergreen tree?
Sequoia sempervirens the Giant Redwood is an evergreen.
The tallest tree on earth?
The tallest tree on earth is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) named Hyperion, located in Redwood National Park, California. It stands at 379.7 feet (115.7 meters) tall and is estimated to be around 600-800 years old.
Is redwood and dogwood trees?
Redwoods are one of the Sequoiaidea family.The Sequoia dendrogiganteum, Giant Sequioa is shorter and fatter, and inhabits the Sierra Nevada. They can grow up to 270 feet high, and 20-25 feet in diameter. They live to 3,000 years or more.The Coastal redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, is taller and skinnier. The Redwood may grow to 370 feet high, and 10-25 feet in diameter. They grow on the Northern coasts of California and may reach 2000 years of age.
What is the giant redwood's Species?
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood, or Wellingtonia)
Name the tree that has four consecutive vowels?
The tree is the sequoia, a giant redwood.
Is sequoia a type of tree?
Yes. This is from wikipedia:Sequoia sempervirens is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia. Common names include Coast Redwood and California Redwood.
What type of tree is the tallest tree in history?
The Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the tallest tree with a measured height of 115.55 m (379.1 ft) in Redwood National Park, California, United States
What is another name for Sequoia?
Redwood may refer to: * Family Cupressaceae (conifers) ** Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood ** Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood ** Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood ** Cryptomeria japonica- Sugi * Family Pinaceae (conifers) ** The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade * Family Fabaceae (broadleaf) ** Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe) ** Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree * Family Sterculiaceae (broadleaf) ** Trochetiopsis erythroxylon - St Helena Redwood
