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Sequoia sempervirens

Sequoia.<br>Photographer: John Smith-Dodsworth, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

in cultivation.<br>Photographer: Jesse Bythell, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

in cultivation.<br>Photographer: Unknown, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Female cone, seeds gone; planted in Kowhai Park, Whanganui.<br>Photographer: Colin C. Ogle, Date taken: 14/12/2016, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

redwood

Biostatus

Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Gymnosperms

Flower colours

No flowers

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Cupressaceae

Authority

Sequoia sempervirens (D.Don) Endl.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1922

Origin

California,N. America

Other information

Etymology

sempervirens: From the Latin semper ‘always’ and virens ‘green’, evergreen

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

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