sequoia
Towering California tree
A sequoia is a massive conifer native to California, among the largest and longest-lived organisms on Earth.
The giant sequoia grows in the Sierra Nevada mountains; the coast redwood, also called sequoia, lines the Pacific coast.
Both species can exceed 300 feet in height and live for thousands of years.
We stood at the base of a sequoia, feeling impossibly small.
Towering California conifer
- coniferCone-bearing tree
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- giantBeing of huge size
- toweringOf imposing height
bark · trunk · canopy · roots · grove · forest · woodland · arboreal
Western U.S. mountain range
- national parkProtected land for conservation
- YosemiteSierra Nevada national park
- Muir WoodsOld-growth forest preserve
- Pacific CoastContinental western maritime edge
western · American · Gold Rush · John Muir · General Sherman · General Grant · coastal · montane
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- toweringOf imposing height
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
- ancientVery old indeed
primordial · colossal · magnificent · imposing · sublime · venerable · stately · soaring
At risk of extinction
- protectedKept from harm
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- loggingRecording system events
deforestation · old-growth · sanctuary · stewardship · national park · reserve · climate change · restoration
redwood
Towering California conifer
towering · bark · trunk · canopy · roots · grove · forest · woodland · arboreal · needle
Sierra Nevada
Western U.S. mountain range
- national parkProtected land for conservation
- YosemiteSierra Nevada national park
- Muir WoodsOld-growth forest preserve
Pacific Coast · western · American · Gold Rush · John Muir · General Sherman · General Grant · coastal · montane
majestic
Impressively dignified and beautiful
- monumentalExceptionally large or significant
- toweringOf imposing height
- awe-inspiringEvoking reverential wonder
ancient · primordial · colossal · magnificent · imposing · sublime · venerable · stately · soaring · immense
endangered
At risk of extinction
- protectedKept from harm
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
logging · deforestation · old-growth · sanctuary · stewardship · national park · reserve · climate change · restoration · sustainability
- fire-adapted plantsfireweed, banksia, protea, lodgepole pine, jack pine
- giant treesGeneral Sherman, Hyperion, coast redwood, redwood, baobab
- resin treespine, fir, spruce, cedar, juniper
- Western TreesDouglas fir, coast redwood, redwood, lodgepole pine, western hemlock
- fire adaptationsresprouting, heat resistance, cork cambium, underground storage, deep roots
- foresttrees, pine, oak, woods, wood
- giant sequoiaLargest tree by volume
- Sequoia National ParkProtected California giant-tree wilderness
- sequoia groveArea of giant trees