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Sustainable Horticulture :: Creating Healthy Landscapes |
 | | Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) Buchholz, previously known as Sequoia gigantea, Wellingtonia gigantea, and Sequoia wellingtonia, is commonly known as Wellingtonia, sequoia, giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood, mammoth-tree, or simply "big tree" (Weatherspoon, 1990; Martin, 1998). |
 | | Sequoiadendron giganteum is distinguishable from other species by its small, scale-like, appressed leaves, which are obovate-ovate-lanceolate in shape and blue-green in color. |
 | | Sequoiadendron giganteum can withstand temperatures ranging from -12 to 104 degrees Fahrenheit (24 to 40° Celsius), but it typically is found in areas with January minimums of 21 to 34° F and July maximums of 75 to 84 ° F (Weatherspoon, 1990). |
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