Sequoiadendron giganteum

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
PLANTAE	TRACHEOPHYTA	CONIFEROPSIDA	CONIFERALES	CUPRESSACEAE

Scientific Name:

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Species Authority:

(Lindl.) J.Buchholz

Common Name/s:

English

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Giant Sequoia

Taxonomic Notes:

Was formerly included under the family Taxodiaceae. The Taxodiaceae is now merged with Cupressaceae (see Farjon 2001).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Vulnerable A1cd ver 2.3

Year Assessed:

1998

Annotations:

Needs updating

Assessor/s

Conifer Specialist Group

History:

1997

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Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: United States (California)

Countries:

Native:

United States (California)

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	An emergent of mixed montane forests.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There was large-scale logging of populations between 1856 and 1955. Fire prevention policy, causing a build-up of undergrowth, may have hampered regeneration in the past.

Major Threat(s):

There was large-scale logging of populations between 1856 and 1955. Fire prevention policy, causing a build-up of undergrowth, may have hampered regeneration in the past.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	90% of the population is now protected. Schemes to improve management and to plant trees on cleared land are in place.

Conservation Actions:

90% of the population is now protected. Schemes to improve management and to plant trees on cleared land are in place.

Citation:	Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Sequoiadendron giganteum. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 November 2009.
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