Scientific name: Sequoia sempervirens

Common name:  coastal redwood

Family name: Cupressaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 8

Mature height and spread: over 100m tall and wide

Form: upright, columnar

Water use: high

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: needle-like, spiraled.

Fall colour: none

Flower/cone/fruit description: cone.

Limitations: needs moisture, costal environment; summer irrigation needed in Vancouver.

Suitable uses: shade. Very tall tree.

Quick ID: conifer. Evergreen. Tree. U.S. Needle-like, flat in two ranks. Two white lines underneath. Spiraled. Decussate. Self mulching. Dark green top side.

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