Botanical Name: Sequoiadendron giganteum
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Common Name: Sierra Redwood  
Plant photo of: Sequoiadendron giganteum
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Water Saving Tip:

Check the soil's moisture level before watering.

You can reduce your water use 20-50% by regularly checking the soil before watering.

  • 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

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.