Sequoia sempervirens
Common name
Redwood
Family
Cupressaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
SEQSEM
Conservation status
Not applicable
Flower colours
No flowers
Year naturalised
1922
Origin
California,N. America
Etymology
sempervirens: From the Latin semper ‘always’ and virens ‘green’, evergreen