Wood - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31369 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 209.00 TAXODIACEAE Sequoiadendron giganteum | Entry Book Number | 157.1895 | |
| Artefact Name | Wood | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United States | TDWG Region | United States | ||
| Parts Held | Wood | Geography Description | Fresno, California | ||
| Uses | WoodUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Trustees of British Museum | Donor No | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: The giant sequoias or big trees are native to the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California. The section of trunk shown here was taken from a tree 276 feet high. This tree was cut down in 1892 and shows 1335 annual rings each repr, esenting one years growth. It was a small seedling about the time of the prophet Mohammed's birth in 569 AD and it was nearly 300 years old when King Alfred the Great was born in 849. The age at which these trees first produce seeds is not known but the, youngest flowering specimens so far observed are said to be between 125 and 175 years old. The other species of Sequoia sempervirens is native to a narrow belt running from the South West Oregon to California, 500 miles in length and always near the Paci, fic coast. Diameter of entire section including bark was 16 feet or 14 feet without bark. | ||||