76. Sierra Redwood

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With its trunk five and a half feet thick, this mighty tree is among the most asked about on campus. You've met coast redwood across the street and dawn redwood. This one is larger than either, and fittingly also called bigtree or giant sequoia. It grows in the mountains of California, being common in Yosemite. A billowing mass of blue-green foliage soars to a neat, spired top. It almost looks sheared compared to coast or dawn redwoods. This specimen may date from the turn of the century, thus shows how fast it grows.

Pictured below: Map of geographic range of Sierra Redwood.

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