Contents

Part I: Redwoods

• The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

  General description Natural range Only discovered in 1852 during the gold rush, then off to European castle gardens The name Horticultural varieties or cultivars

  History

  Discovery Choice of the name Sequoiadendron Since its discovery popular in English gardens

  Images

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  Where?

  In their natural range: California National Parks Vegetation of the giant sequoia forests General Sherman, the world's biggest tree Giant sequoias elsewhere Giant sequoias in the United States Giant sequoias in the United Kingdom Giant sequoias in the United Kingdom Giant sequoias in Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll & Bute (Scotland) Giant sequoias in Cowdray Park, West Sussex (England) Giant sequoias in the New Forest, Hampshire (England) Giant sequoias in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Kew, London (England) Giant sequoias in Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire (England)

  Growing your own

  Growing your own giant sequoia from seed Photo diary of a giant sequoia seedling

  
  
• The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

  General description The tallest tree in the world Measurement of Hyperion, the tallest tree in the world

  
  
• The dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

  General description

Part II: Other big trees in the U.S.

Part III: Measuring trees