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WOOD AND FOREST. 



Habitat. 



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BIG TREE. SEQUOIA. GIANT SEQUOIA. 



Sequoia washing 'oniana (Winslow) Sudworth. Sequoia gigantea, 



Decaisne-. 



Sequoia latinized from Sequoiah, a Cherokee Indian; ivashingtoniana, in 

 honor of George Washington. 



Habitat: (See map) ; 

 in ten groves in southern 

 California, at high eleva- 

 tion. 



Characteristics of the 

 Tree: Height, 275', 

 sometimes 320' ; diame- 

 ter, 20', sometimes 35'; 

 trunk, swollen and often 

 buttressed at base, ridged, 

 often clear for 150'; thick 

 horizontal branches; bark, 

 l'-2' thick, in great ridges, 

 separates into loose, 

 fibrous, cinnamon red 

 scales, almost non-com- 

 bustible ; leaves, very 

 small, growing close to 

 stem; cones, 2"-3" long. 



Appearance of Wood: 

 Color, red, turning dark 

 on exposure, sap-wood 

 thin, whitish ; non-por- 

 ous; rings, very plain; 

 grain straight, coarse ; 

 rays, numerous, thin ; 

 non-resinous. 



Leaf. 



