Sequoia gigantea (Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood, Dr. Seuss Tree)
Sequoia gigantea (Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood, Dr. Seuss Tree) has the most massive size of any tree in the world. It is a beautiful, dense, needled evergreen conifer that is native to groves scattered through coniferous forests along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains (4500-8000 feet in elevation) in central California. In its native California habitat, mature trees will often grow to 200 to 280 feet tall, with trunk diameters ranging from 15 to 24 feet. Trees may live 2000 to 3000 years. Young trees have a pyramidal-oval shape. As trees mature, they begin to lose branches from the lower part of the trunk. Trees feature attractive dark cinnamon-brown bark with deep furrows and ridges, small, scale-like, blue green needles and fruiting cones to 3 inches long.
Botanical Name : Sequoia gigantea
Common Name : Giant Sequoia, Sierra Redwood, Dr. Seuss Tree
Height : 164 - 279 ft
Spread : 70 ft
Germination Info : Seed requires 21-30 days cold moist stratification
Hardiness zone : 6-8
Other info : Seed and seedlings prone to damping off. Use a fungicide in stratification. Hydrogen peroxide soaks of 12 hours may be used as an anti-fungicidal soak instead of specific fungicides. Germination Range: 20-40%
Average seed per ounce : Approx. 5375