Sequoia Sequoia, (Lamb.) Endl.

1. S. sempervirens (Lamb.) Endl. , Syn. Conif. 198 (1847).

Up to 100 m and suckering freely from the base in the wild; trunk 3-4- 5 m in diameter; outer bark thick, exfoliating in dark brown plates, revealing the inner, bright red bark. Leaves of lateral twigs 6-20 x 2 mm, distichous, linear to linear-oblong, flat, acute, often falcate, dark green above, with white stomatiferous bands on either side of the prominent green midrib beneath; leaves of leading and cone-bearing twigs 6 mm, radially arranged, subulate, scale-like, incurved and with a sharp callose point at the apex, decurrent at the base. Cone 18-25 x 12 mm, ovoid; scales expanded into a rhomboidal disc, rarely with a mucro. Seeds 3-5 on each scale. Planted for ornament and occasionally for timber. [Br Ga It.] (IF. North America.)