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REDWOOD. COAST REDWOOD. SEQUOIA.

_Sequoia sempervirens_ (Lambert) Endlicher.

_Sequoia_, latinized from Sequoiah, a Cherokee Indian; _sempervirens_ means ever living.

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HABITAT: (See map); best in southern Oregon and northern California, near coast.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TREE: Height, 200'-340'; diameter, 10'-15', rarely 25'; clean trunk, much b.u.t.tressed and swollen at base, somewhat fluted, branches very high; bark, very thick, 6”-12”, rounded ridges, dark scales falling reveal inner red bark; leaves, small, two-ranked; cones, small, 1” long.

APPEARANCE OF WOOD: Color, red, turning to brown on seasoning, sap-wood whitish; non-porous; rings, distinct; grain, straight; rays, numerous, very obscure; non-resinous.

PHYSICAL QUALITIES: Light in weight (55th in this list); 26 lbs. per cu. ft.; sp. gr. 0.4208; weak (58th in this list); brittle (60th in this list); soft (55th in this list); shrinks little; warps little; very durable; easily worked; splits readily; takes nails well.

COMMON USES: s.h.i.+ngles, construction, timber, fence posts, coffins, railway ties, water pipes, curly specimens used in cabinet work.

REMARKS: Low branches rare. Burns with difficulty. Chief construction wood of Pacific Coast. Use determined largely by durability.

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BALD CYPRESS.

Bald refers to leaflessness of tree in winter.

_Taxodium distichum_ (Linnaeus) L. C. Richard.

_Taxodium_ means yew-like; _distichum_ refers to the two-ranked leaves.

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HABITAT: (See map); best in South Atlantic and Gulf States.