Tags: Conifer.
Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia giant redwood Sierra redwood Sierran redwood or Wellingtonia) is the sole living species in the genus Sequoiadendron and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae together with Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood).
