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  2. Sequoia sempervirens - Wikipedia

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    Sequoia sempervirens – MHNT. Sequoia sempervirens ( / səˈkwɔɪ.ə ˌsɛmpərˈvaɪrənz /) [3] is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae ). Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood.

  3. Sequoia National Forest - Wikipedia

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    Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees which populate 38 distinct groves within the boundaries of the forest. The Giant Sequoia National Monument is located in the national forest.

  4. Juglans californica - Wikipedia

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    Juglans californica, the California black walnut, also called the California walnut, or the Southern California black walnut, is a large shrub or small tree (about 20–49 feet (6.1–14.9 m)) of the walnut family, Juglandaceae, endemic to the Central Valley and the Coast Range valleys from Northern to Southern California.

  5. Hyperion (tree) - Wikipedia

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    Hyperion is a coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measuring 115.92 m (380.3 ft). [4] Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. [5] The tree was verified as standing 115.55 m (379.1 ft) tall by Stephen Sillett.

  6. Sequoiadendron giganteum - Wikipedia

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    Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood or Sierra redwood is a coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. [3] They are native to the groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of ...

  7. Ecology of California - Wikipedia

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    The dry cold Great Basin desert of California consists of the Owens Valley, and is classified into Great Basin shrub steppe by the WWF, [4] and into the Central Basin and Range ecoregion by the EPA. [5] The deserts in California receive between 2 and 10 inches (51 and 254 mm) of rain per year. [6] Plants in these deserts are brush and scrub ...

  8. Lone Cypress - Wikipedia

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    Lone Cypress. /  36.5687466°N 121.9652095°W  / 36.5687466; -121.9652095. The Lone Cypress is a Monterey cypress tree located in Pebble Beach, California. Standing atop a granite headland overlooking Carmel Bay, the tree has become a Western icon and has been called one of the most photographed trees in North America.

  9. Juniperus californica - Wikipedia

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    Juniperus californica is a shrub or small tree reaching 3–8 meters (10–26 feet), but rarely up to 10 m (33 ft) tall. The bark is ashy gray, typically thin, and appears to be "shredded". [4] The shoots [which?] are fairly thick compared to most junipers, between 1.5 and 2 millimeters ( and inch) in diameter.

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