24)+Coast+Redwood

=Coast Redwood=

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Classification:
Monoecious

Family characteristics:
Bark: Thick; generally 12 inches Roots: Wide spread, shallow, lateral spreading leaves: Between 15 and 25 mm. long, spiral arrangement Cones: ovoid shape, between 15–32 mm, 15-25 spirally arranged scales Pollen Cones: oval, 4–6 mm long

Size:
Size:267 feet tall and a circumference of 44 feet

Identifying features:
Coast redwoods are usually very tall and have needle leaves. The needles are parallel and pointy. On a health tree they are green, on an unhealthy terr they are generally brown, in the case of unhealthy tree even new needles can be brown. Usually they have cones or pollen cones, the one I observed did not have any. The bark of the tree was shedding off, which I don't believe should be happening, On younger ones that I observed they have fiberous and almost spongey bark. The roots are shollow in the ground and spread great distances.

Location/Habitat:
The Coast Redwood is native to the coastal areas of California and south-west Oregon. They like mild climates that can be classified as super-humid or humid. They like USDA zones of 7 through 10A.

Water/Sun Requirements:
requires some sun and lots of water during fall, winter and spring.

Reproduction:
The Coast redwoods start bearing cones when they are about 5-15 years old. They have cones with 3-7 seeds and pollen cones. Pollination happens during the winter. Maturity of the pollinated seeds is around 8-9 months. The cones dry up and open, then they drop their matured seeds.

Sources:
//[] hort.ufl.edu/trees/SEQSEMA.pdf//
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