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Big Tree and the Redwood — Part 1

Genus SEQUOIA, Endl.

TREES of great size and age, resinous, aromatic. Leaves evergreen, alternate, of two shapes. Flowers in solitary cones, minute, monoecious, axillary. Fruit a pendant woody cone; seeds 5 to 7 under each scale.