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Chapter 46 - Sequoiadendron

Cupressales: Sequoiaceae

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
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Tall to extremely tall, large to typically eventually massive, monoecious evergreen trees. The tree crowns in younger trees (for the first many centuries) are symmetric, fairly dense and well-furnished. The crowns are conical, becoming clean-trunked with age, generating thick, spongy, red–brown bark. The specimens eventually grow into the most massive known tree, of particularly substantial and imposing mature appearance in the wild.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
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