COAST REDWOOD Definition & Meaning

coast redwood

[ kohst red-wood ]

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noun

an endangered coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of coastal California and southwestern Oregon with massive girth and tremendous height, one of three extant species of subfamily Sequoioideae: the tallest and among the oldest of all living things, coast redwoods have been known to exceed 375 feet (114 meters) in height and 2,200 years in age. Compare redwood ¹( def 1 ).

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Origin of coast redwood¹

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Virtually all coast redwoods, the world’s tallest trees, grow in a narrow, fog-laden strip stretching from Big Sur to southern Oregon.

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The state park, California’s oldest, is also the largest stand of ancient coast redwoods south of San Francisco.

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I was reminded of John Steinbeck’s description of the sequoias’ Northern California cousins, the coast redwoods:

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Or if you saw coast redwoods near the Oregon border, did you realize you were in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, home of the tallest trees on Earth?

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Hart said there’s currently no means of taking a continuous walk through vast stretches of coast redwoods — the tallest trees on Earth.

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