Sequoia sempervirens

Cupressaceae Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.

Etymology
Sequoia refers to the neographer George Gist (also called Sequoyah), who invented the Cherokee alphabet.
sempervirens refers to ‘evergreen’; indicating its foliage remains, in contrast to Taxodium distichum, who once belonged to the same genus.

Colloquial Name
Coast Redwood

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
7, 73, ORE, 76, CAL

Habitat
The natural habitats for Sequoia sempervirens are temperate forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Sequoia sempervirens that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 8
Sequoia sempervirens is hardy to USDA Zone 8 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -12.2C (10F) to -6.7C (20F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Sequoia sempervirens is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Sequoia sempervirens and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.2 Urban & Infrastructure Development
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – EN
According to the IUCN Red List, Sequoia sempervirens has been assigned the status of EN(Endangered). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species qualifies as Endangered and is very much at risk.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Sequoia sempervirens is Sequoia. The coordinate taxa for Sequoia sempervirens are therefore:

Sequoia sempervirens is further placed under Sequoioideae. Sequoia sempervirens is also placed under Cupressaceae.

Cultivars
‘Adpressa’, ‘Alba’, ‘Alba Variegata’, ‘Albospica’, ‘Aptos Blue’, ‘Argentea’, ‘Balaton’, ‘Big Bonsai’, ‘Budapest Zoo’, ‘Cantab’, ‘Compacta’, ‘Don’s Gold Strike’, ‘Eggli Prostrata’, ‘Elegans’, ‘Emily Brown’, ‘Filifera Elegans’, ‘Filoli’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Glauca Pendula’, ‘Glaucescens’, ‘Goldie’, ‘Gracilis’, ‘Henderson Blue’, ‘Herk’, ‘Idylwild’, ‘Irmulco Grey Blue’, ‘Kelly’s Prostrate’, ‘Kenwood’, ‘Kools Variegated’, ‘Korbel KT’, ‘Latifolia’, ‘Lawsoniana’, ‘Les Barres’, ‘Los Altos’, MAJESTIC BEAUTY®, ‘Martin’, ‘Monty’, ‘Mr Happy’, ‘Mt Loma Prieta Spike’, ‘Nana Pendula’, ‘Pendula’, ‘Prostrata’, ‘Santa Cruz’, ‘Simpson Silver’, ‘Soquel’, ‘Swarthmore Hardy’, ‘Taxifolia’, ‘Variegata’, ‘Viridississima Nana Pendula’, ‘Winter Blue’, ‘Woodside Blue’