Sequoia evergreen seeds

Sequoia evergreen or coast redwood, California redwood - belongs to the Taxodia family. This evergreen coniferous tree, reaching 110 meters in height and 7.5 meters in diameter, is one of the tallest trees on Earth. In its homeland it forms dense forests of high productivity in adulthood. Lives up to 2000 years. Shade-tolerant.

The crown is conical in shape, the branches grow horizontally or with a slight downward slope. The bark is very thick, up to 30 cm thick, and relatively soft, fibrous, red-brown in color immediately after it is removed (hence the English name redwood, «mahogany»), darkens over time. The root system consists of shallow, widely spreading lateral roots. The leaves are 15-25 mm long, elongated and flat in young trees, with arrowheads in the shady lower crown of old trees, and scale-like 5-10 mm long in the upper crown of old trees. The cones are ovoid, 15-32 mm in length, with 15-25 spirally twisted scales.

Sequoia evergreen is the only one among conifers that has the ability to produce industrial stump shoots and root suckers. The wood is beautiful and extremely flexible.