Sequoias, almost native, migrating to the North. The Giant Sequoia (non native), also called Sierra Redwood, is most likely found on dry mountain sides. Often confused with the Coast Redwood (also non native). The latter is the tallest of the World’s conifers. Both grow by Kiosk 10, along with a 3rd, the Dawn Redwood, also called Early Redwood. Stand
to the right of Kiosk 10 and look across the swamp/pond at our specimen, grown from a seed, the likes of which are now propagated at many nurseries throughout the World. In 1947 a Chinese researcher distributed several pounds of seeds collected from a remote valley in China, from a few (1,000) lingering trees, discovered during WW II without much fan fare. Today, there are forests of these trees in China, the United Kingdom, and North Carolina. The Portland, Oregon Hoyt Arboretum’s 1948 tree produced the 1st cones in North America in 8 million years (Dawn Redwoods are found in fossilized rocks throughout the World). Walk the streets of Manhattan or DC and see these trees, noticeable because they loose their needles in the Autumn. Unlikely ever again to face extinction, illustrating that we humans hold the power to prevent extinctions. If we treated 200 – 300 of the Cascadia Floristic Region Floristic Region’s plants the same (those on the brink of extinction) the Gardens would gladly lose its mission. We add the Dawn Redwood to our list of Cascadia Floristic Region native species, 903 goes to 904. Less than 300,000 plants have actually been identified worldwide. Kew suggests 40% face extinction today. If every Region said “No” to extinction, it would be zero percent. Ours is a good place to start, one species at a time.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx5ii8HOKfM/
http://naeb.brit.org/uses/search/?string=Sequoiadendron+giganteum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoiadendron_giganteum
https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=SEGI2
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/27/us/national-park-sequoia-planting-lawsuit-climate/index.html
https://www.britannica.com/plant/dawn-redwood
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasequoia_glyptostroboides
http://www.burkemuseum.org/research-and-collections/botany-and-herbarium/collections/database/results.php?Genus=Metasequoia&Species=glyptostroboides&SourcePage=search.php&IncludeSynonyms=Y&SortBy=DESC&SortOrder=Year
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