Sequoia or welly?

[Compo]

You're quite right. It's the bark that protects from fire, either from above or below. I read about one in America that, after being struck by lightning, smouldered for two months. The foliage burns easily but many of the primitive conifers (including Yew) are able to bud out from the bark. Curiously the seeds are tiny and regeneration is often from rooted fragments so they are readily grown from cuttings.

[se7enthdevil]

technicaly speaking there is no such thing as a sequoia tree.

 

thats the name of a genus of trees or the park where they grow.

 

as previosly stated the,

 

wellingtonia is (sequiadendron giganteum)

 

costal redwood is (sequoia sempervirens)

 

dawn redwood is (metasequoia glyptostroboides)

 

what everyone calles the giant sequoia is of course the costal redwood and are among the tallest trees on earth.

 

there are actually very few costal redwoods as they dont seem to like the british weather. more often than not they are wellingtonias.

 

the wellingtonias are the biggest in volume rather than height.

the reason the all look similar is because they are all in the Cupressaceae and have similar characteristics.

 

everything will burn if left long enough. no timber is exempt, hewever these trees are usualy so vast in size that whatever fire damage there is it's never bad enough to kill the tree.

 

fire is often needed to get rid of the old growth and start the new generation.

[shavey]

great post:thumbup found out alot of info didnt realise that the redwood was just a group name for these two wonderful species of trees :thumbup1:

[WeeDee]

technicaly speaking there is no such thing as a sequoia tree.

 

thats the name of a genus of trees or the park where they grow.

 

as previosly stated the,

 

wellingtonia is (sequiadendron giganteum)

 

costal redwood is (sequoia sempervirens)

 

dawn redwood is (metasequoia glyptostroboides)

 

what everyone calles the giant sequoia is of course the costal redwood and are among the tallest trees on earth.

 

there are actually very few costal redwoods as they dont seem to like the british weather. more often than not they are wellingtonias.

 

the wellingtonias are the biggest in volume rather than height.

the reason the all look similar is because they are all in the Cupressaceae and have similar characteristics.

 

everything will burn if left long enough. no timber is exempt, hewever these trees are usualy so vast in size that whatever fire damage there is it's never bad enough to kill the tree.

 

fire is often needed to get rid of the old growth and start the new generation.

 

Do you mean one is mistaken for the other, or that the names are interchangeable?

[john p]

"Saw logs" are not for firewood.

 

Plus I think its only the bark that does not burn.

 

Yep, the timber burns very very fierce, great kindling

 

 

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[se7enthdevil]

Do you mean one is mistaken for the other, or that the names are interchangeable?

 

you mis understand, there is only one tree.

 

lots of people call them giant sequoias when they are actually called costal redwoods

[Paul Cleaver]

doh ive got my giant redwood mixed up then (I think)

[WeeDee]

you mis understand, there is only one tree.

 

lots of people call them giant sequoias when they are actually called costal redwoods

 

Coast Redwoods and Giant Sequoias are two different species.

 

Are we talking about the same trees?

[Le Sanglier]

It's almost as if google never existed.

[shavey]

technicaly speaking there is no such thing as a sequoia tree.

 

thats the name of a genus of trees or the park where they grow.

 

as previosly stated the,

 

wellingtonia is (sequiadendron giganteum)

 

costal redwood is (sequoia sempervirens)

 

dawn redwood is (metasequoia glyptostroboides)

 

what everyone calles the giant sequoia is of course the costal redwood and are among the tallest trees on earth.

 

there are actually very few costal redwoods as they dont seem to like the british weather. more often than not they are wellingtonias.

 

the wellingtonias are the biggest in volume rather than height.

the reason the all look similar is because they are all in the Cupressaceae and have similar characteristics.

 

everything will burn if left long enough. no timber is exempt, hewever these trees are usualy so vast in size that whatever fire damage there is it's never bad enough to kill the tree.

 

fire is often needed to get rid of the old growth and start the new generation.

 

hello is there any dawn redwoods in this country just wondering what they looked like its just that on the parkland where i work there are various big growth douglas, various pines , silver firs and also the supposed redwoods???? now i want to identify them it would be great to get some photos:thumbup::thumbup: