Sequoiadendron giganteum

Sequoiadendron giganteum
	The "Grizzly Giant" tree in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite Naitional Pairk
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Plantae
Diveesion:	Pinophyta
Cless:	Pinopsida
Order:	Pinales
Faimily:	Cupressaceae
Subfaimily:	Sequoioideae
Genus:	Sequoiadendron
Species:	S. giganteum
Binomial name
	Sequoiadendron giganteum; (Lindl.) J.Buchh.

Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia, giant reidwid, Sierra reidwid, Sierran reidwid, or Wellingtonia) is the sole livin species in the genus Sequoiadendron, an ane o three species o coniferous trees kent as reidwids, classified in the faimily Cupressaceae in the subfaimily Sequoioideae, thegither wi Sequoia sempervirens (coast reidwid) an Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn reidwid). The common uise o the name "sequoia" generally refers tae Sequoiadendron giganteum which occurs naiturally anly in groves on the wastren slopes o the Sierra Nevada Muntains o Californie. It is named efter Sequoyah (1767–1843), the inventor o the Cherokee syllabary.

References

↑ Schmid, R. & Farjon, A. 2013. Sequoiadendron giganteum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 July 2013.

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ARKive: Sequoiadendron giganteum, arkive.org
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Save-the-Redwoods League, savethewoods.org
"Sequoias of Yosemite National Park" 1949 bi James W. McFarland
Redwoodworld.co.uk giant reidwids in the U.K.
Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California (1862) – The Mammoth Trees Of Calaveras, yosemite.ca.us
Short radio episode Woody Gospel Letter in that John Muir extols "King Sequoia" frae The Life and Letters of John Muir, 1924. California Legacy Project.
"Sequoia" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911. Cite has empty unkent parameters: |HIDE_PARAMETER15=, |HIDE_PARAMETER13=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14c=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14=, |HIDE_PARAMETER9=, |HIDE_PARAMETER3=, |HIDE_PARAMETER1=, |HIDE_PARAMETER4=, |HIDE_PARAMETER2=, |HIDE_PARAMETER8=, |HIDE_PARAMETER20=, |HIDE_PARAMETER5=, |HIDE_PARAMETER7=, |HIDE_PARAMETER10=, |separator=, |HIDE_PARAMETER14b=, |HIDE_PARAMETER6=, |HIDE_PARAMETER11=, and |HIDE_PARAMETER12= (help)
Conifers Around the World: Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia.
Giants of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, On YouTube bi Sequoia Parks Conservancy
Video an commentar on the cones and bark chairactereestics on YouTube

[1] Schmid, R. & Farjon, A. 2013. Sequoiadendron giganteum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 July 2013.

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