Giant Sequoia

name botanical:

Sequoiadendron giganteum

other name:

Giant Sequoia

other name:

Sierra Redwood

family:

Cupressaceae

species:

conifer

height:

up to 35 m (66 ft) (Europe) in California up to 95 m (312 ft)

needle:

grey green, scaly, adjacent, evergreen

fruit:

cones on long stalks

bark:

brown

root:

deep-rooting

location:

much light, no drought, conditionally hardy.

soil:

porous, nutrient-rich soils

ph value:

acidic up to strongly alkaline

stature:

brown - drab, slightly erect