Extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism.
1At least in the commonly-visited groves Sequoia gigantea is invested in its
2There are two varieties of big trees in California: the Sequoia gigantea and the Sequoia sempervirens.
3The coast timber is known botanically as sequoia sempervirens, that in the interior as sequoia gigantea.