Buchholz
Pronunciation: se-kwoy-a-DEN-dron ji-GAN-tee-um
Common name: Giant sequoia
Family: Taxodiaceae (Bald cypress)
Habitat: Occasionally seen in planted situations as
at Heaps Peak Arboretum in the San Bernardino
Mts, not native to Southern California
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Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Sequoiadendron
2) giganteum