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Chapter 45 - Sequoia

Cupressales: Sequoiaceae

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
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Very long-lived, extremely tall and sometimes massive, monoecious evergreen trees, with a typically conical, tapering crown. The branch systems eventually often retreat to become high-set, revealing a long, ascending shaft-like trunk of pillar-like and virtually cathedrallian dimensions, the trunks are clad with reddish fibrous bark. The whole tree sheds copious amounts of dried, red–brown predominantly finely pinnate-leaved foliage, often including small marble-sized inconspicuous cones. The whole shed array is usually densely long persistent on the ground beneath.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
, pp. 98 - 119
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