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Giant Sequoia in the Flora Botanical Garden

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Giant Sequoia in the Flora Botanical Garden

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    December 28, 2024

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    This giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is 150 years old. It always keeps its needles, just like the coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) on the other side of the Flora pond.

    In contrast, the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) at the Alpinum pond is a different species and sheds its needles in winter
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    The giant sequoia is botanically called Sequoiodendron giganteum.

    A sign lists its previous names:
    Wellingtonia gigantea Lindl 1853
    Americus gigantea Anon. 1854
    Sequoia gigantea Decne. 1854
    Taxodium Washingtonianum Winsl. 1
    Washingtonia Californica Winsl. 1855
    Sequoia Wellingtonia Seem. 1855
    Taxodium giganteum Kellog et Behr 1855
    Washingtonia Americana Hort. A ex Gord. 1862
    Americus giganteus Anon. 1858
    Gigantabies Wellingtonia J.Nels. 1886
    Sequoia washingtoniana Sudw. 1897
    Steinhauera gigantea Kuntze 1908
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    Location: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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