redwood

Coniferous evergreen timber tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the family Taxodiaceae, found in the fog belt of west-coastal North America. It grows in the coastal range from southwestern Oregon to central California at elevations up to 3,300 ft (1,000 m). The genus name commemorates the Cherokee Indian Sequoyah. The redwood is sometimes called coast redwood to distinguish it from the Sierra redwood (or big tree) and the Japanese redwood (or Japanese cedar). Redwoods are the tallest living trees, often exceeding 300 ft (90 m) in height; one has reached 368 ft (112 m). Typical trunk diameters are 10–20 ft (3–6 m) or more. The redwood tree takes 400–500 years to reach maturity; some are known to be more than 1,500 years old. As the tree ages, the lower limbs fall away, leaving a columnar trunk. Redwood timber has been used for furniture, shingles, fence posts, paneling, and fine wood objects. Today many of the remaining redwood stands are protected (see Redwood National Park; Sequoia National Park). Seealso dawn redwood.

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Coniferous, nonevergreen tree (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), the only living species of the genus Metasequoia, of the family Taxodiaceae, native to remote valleys of central China. Both branchlets and leaves grow out in pairs from points along the stem. The bright green, feathery leaves turn reddish brown in autumn. Though Metasequoia fossils are abundant, the tree was thought to be extinct until living specimens were discovered in the 1940s. Only a few thousand are known to have survived, in central China. Since these stands were discovered, seeds and cuttings have been planted throughout the world.

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National park, northwestern corner of California, U.S. It was established in 1968, expanded in 1978, and designated a World Heritage site in 1980. It preserves virgin groves of ancient redwood trees, including the world's tallest, 367.8 ft (112.1 m) high. It also includes 40 mi (65 km) of scenic Pacific coastline. It covers an area of 172 sq mi (445 sq km), including land in three state parks.

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• Family Cupressaceae (conifers)
• Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood
• ''Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood
• Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood
• Cryptomeria japonica - Sugi

• Family Pinaceae (conifers)
• The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris), sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade

• Family Fabaceae (broadleaf)
• Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe)
• Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree

• Family Sterculiaceae (broadleaf)
• Trochetiopsis erythroxylon - St Helena Redwood

Redwood may also refer to:

• The Redwood Empire (also Redwood Coast or North Coast), a region of California that stretches from San Francisco to the Oregon coast

Parks

• Redwood National and State Parks, National Park in Humboldt and Del Norte Counties, CA. In addition to federal parklands, the complex comprises Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, and Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
• Muir Woods National Monument -- old-growth redwood park in California, sometimes meant when referring to "the redwoods" in California

Towns and districts

• Redwood, New York
• Redwood, New Zealand
• Redwood, Oregon
• Redwood, Ottawa
• Redwood, Texas
• Redwood City, California
• Redwood County, Minnesota
• Redwood Falls Township, Minnesota
• Redwood Falls, Minnesota
• Redwood Shores, California

Other

• Songs For The Redwoods
• College of the Redwoods
• Redwood Library and Athenaeum
• Redwood Technologies
• Redwood Games
• Redwood Software
• Redwood , the callsign for Virgin America
• Redwood (band)
• Redwood (album), an album by Lúnasa
• The Redwoods, a 1967 short documentary film
• Northern California Forest Advocate, one of original founders of Save The Redwoods-Boycott The Gap, and founder of Plight of the Redwoods Campaign 1998-2001; ,