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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

    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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    Explored by myself, written by myself.

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      March 28, 2019

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        April 25, 2024

        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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