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Sequoia Sempervirens

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

The coast redwood is the only living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae and is the tallest living tree species on Earth, reaching as much as 116.22 meters, with a trunk up to 8.9 meters across and thick, fire-resistant, fibrous bark that can be 35 centimeters deep. It can live 1,200 to 2,200 years or more and grows in a narrow coastal strip about 750 kilometers long and 8 to 75 kilometers wide from Monterey County, California north into southwestern Oregon, though logging beginning around the 1850s greatly reduced its original range of about 810,000 hectares. The tallest known living specimen, named Hyperion, holds the current height record, and the species is listed as endangered.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Used in Traditional Medicine 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Comparison
NatureServe Rank
G4 Apparently Secure 5
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 6
Scientific Name
Sequoia sempervirens 4
Conservation Status
Endangered 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sequoia, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Coast Redwood
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Sources
1. Sequoia sempervirens (Wikipedia)
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
It is a coniferous, long-lived, monoecious tree that has reached ages of about 2,000 years.
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2. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)View the Source
3. Plants For A Future: Sequoia sempervirens
Plants For A FutureMedicinal Uses
Quote, Medicinal Uses
A poultice of the heated leaves has been used in the treatment of earaches.
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4. Wikidata: Coast Redwood
Wikidata
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
  • Wikidata Q150129 (P225 taxon name)
  • Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q150129
  • Child Taxon Of: Sequoia, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q1975652 (Sequoia)
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5. NatureServe Explorer: Sequoia sempervirens
NatureServe ExplorerGlobal rank (roundedGRank)
Quote, Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G4"
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6. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Cupressaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12528
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12528
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Cupressaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Alerce, cipreses","language":"ES"},{"name":"Alerce, cypresses","language":"EN"},{"name":"Fleur du Saint-Esprit, cyprès","language":"FR"},{"name":"柏科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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