1. Sequoia sempervirens—“everliving” 
Called the “Coast Redwood,” it is by far the most tender of the two 
Sequoias—in fact, about half “The Redwood Family’’ are more hardy. 
Native to the coastal- fog-belt of California, it grows in an irregular strip up 
to 35 miles wide and about 500 miles long, from Monterey County north to 
the Chetco River in southwest Oregon. Here the fogs pour in from the ocean 
—at least at night—many months of the year. It grows best on the lower 
slopes or in valley bottoms where alluvial soil is deep, and fresh seeping 
spring-water is not far below the surface all year. It does NOT like stag- 
nant swamp water, like its near relatives, the southern swamp cypresses. 
Little or no snow falls in most of the coast redwood country, but 30 to 100 
inches of rain falls here in winter. Temperatures most of the year range 
from 45 to 65 degrees, with extremes from 15 above zero to 100 degrees. 
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Shaded zone shows where climate is 
closest to the requirements of Sequoia 
sempervirens. Map based on average 
annual minimum temperatures as listed 
by U. S. Weather Bureau from 1895-1935. 
Local conditions in some places within 
this zone may or may NOT be suited to 
this Sequoia. 
2. Sequoia gigantea (washingtonia)—Big Tree, Sierra Redwood 
While not the tallest, this Sequoia is the oldest and most massive living 
thing on earth. Not so tender as the Coast Redwood, it offers a wider range 
of choice in growing conditions. It is native to the western (rainy) slopes 
of the inland Sierra Mountains of California, from Lake Tahoe south for 
260 miles to the Sequoia National Forest south of Yosemite Valley. Its 
numbers are much less than the Coast Redwood, scattered in 70 separate 
groves of six to several thousand trees. 
The Giant Sequoia grows naturally at elevations of 4,000 to 8,000 feet, 
lower in the north and higher in the south. Temperatures here range from 
10 below zero to 100 above—annual precipitation is from 45 to 60 inches. 
The Big Tree does not 
require altitude—over 
100 of them are thriv- 
ing near us, close to 
sea level—in a Coast 
Redwood district. 
Shaded zone shows where climate is 
closest to the requirements of Sequoia 
gigantea. Map based on average an- 
nual minimum temperatures as listed 
by the U. S. Weather Bureau from 1895- 
1935. Local conditions in some places 
within this zone may or may NOT be 
suited to this Sequoia. 
