Botanical Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum
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Common Name: Sierra Redwood  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Tree, Conifer

 

Height Range

40-60', 60-100'

 

Flower Color

n/a

 

Flower Season

n/a

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

Brown, Red

 

Fruit Color

Brown

 

Fruit Season

Fall, Persistent

Sun

Full, Half

 

Water

Medium, Extra in Summer

 

Growth Rate

Moderate, Slow

 

Soil Type

Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained

 

Soil pH

Acid, Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

n/a

Design Styles

Ranch, Woodland

 

Accenting Features

Silhouette, Specimen

 

Seasonal Interest

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

 

Location Uses

Background, Lawn, Park

 

Special Uses

Screen, Wind Break

 

Attracts Wildlife

Birds, Wildlife

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Acacia Software/Mullany

  • Description

  • Notes

Sierra Redwood is the graceful evergreen giant that so epitomizes the Sierra Navada landscape. Though it reaches hundreds of feet in the wild, here in SLC, it may only reach 40 to 50 feet tall and about half as wide. Its foliage is finely textured and of a gray-green to blue-green color. The bark, with its highly distinctive red brown color and soft, thick, resilient nature, becomes furrowed with age. Cones are surprisingly small. This tree really wants to be where it is more humid, but there are a few around town; one of note at Fire Station #1.
Sequoiadendron grows in well drained soil and full sun, though it will tolerate part sun in its youth. Acidic to neutral soils are best, and sandy-loam to clay-loam soils. Hardy to USDA Zone 6.