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Coast Redwood

The Sequoia Sempervirens is commonly known as California Redwood, Coast Redwood, as well as Redwood

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Growing Regions

Redwood is endemic to the coastal area of northern California and southwestern Oregon. The redwoods occupy a narrow strip of land approximately 450 miles (724 km) in length and 5 to 35 miles (8-56 km) in width. The northern boundary of its range is marked by two groves on the Chetco River in the Siskiyou Mountains within 15 miles (25 km) of the California-Oregon border [22,40]. The southern boundary of redwood's range is marked by a grove in Salmon Creek Canyon in the Santa Lucia Mountains of southern Monterey County, California [40].

     

General Information

The currently accepted scientific name of redwood is Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. Redwood is a member of the Taxodium (Taxodiaceae) family [44]. There are no recognized subspecies, varieties, or forms.

Redwood is listed as a dominant or codominant overstory species in the
following publications:

Coast redwood ecological types of southern Montery County, California [11].
Terrestrial natural communities of California [26].
The redwood forest and associated north coast forests [58].
Forest associations of Little Lost Man Creek, Humboldt County,
  California: Reference-level in the hierarchical struture of
  old-growth coastal redwood vegetaion [30].
Preliminary plant associations of the Siskiyou Mountain Province [5].
Tanoak series of the Siskiyou Region of southwest Oregon [6].

Much of the information presented here is attributed to:
Griffith, Randy Scott. 1992. Sequoia sempervirens. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available at USDA Forest Service.

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