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.