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Definition of Sierra redwood

1. Noun. Extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sierra Redwood

Literary usage of Sierra redwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Revision of Fossil Sequoia and Taxodium in Western North America Based on by Ralph W. Chaney (2008)
"... but Buchholz's findings regarding the distinct generic characters of the living sierra redwood, •S. gigantea (which he places in Sequoiadendron) suggest ..."

2. California Redwood Park, Sometimes Called Sempervirens Park: An Appreciation by Arthur Adelbert Taylor (1912)
"In the sierra redwood the leaves are awl-shaped, sessile (stem- less), and extend around the main stem. The cones are as large as a hen's egg, ..."

3. Timber Framing by Henry Dievendorf Dewell (1917)
"Two kinds of redwood are found in California, the Coast redwood, or Sequoia sempervirens, and the sierra redwood, or Sequoia gigantea, the latter being used ..."

4. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"Almost from the first these separate into two groups, one foreshadowing the Coast, the other the Sierra, Redwood, yet with various intermediate forms. ..."

5. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray, Charles Sprague Sargent (1889)
"Almost from the first these separate into two groups, one foreshadowing the Coast, the other the Sierra, Redwood, yet with various intermediate forms. ..."

6. Remote Sensing & Ecosystem Management: Proceedings of the Fifth Forest edited by Jerry D Greer (1998)
"Norris, Norman L. 1963, Sequoia Gigantea (sierra redwood) Groves within the Boundaries of the Sequoia National Forest: unpublished, Springville, CA: 12 p. ..."

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